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All those entities are "allowed to use violence" because your government says it's OK. I don't know if you're in the US, but that's simply not how our Constitu

All those entities are "allowed to use violence" because your government says it's OK. I don't know if you're in the US, but that's simply not how our Constitution works. "Monopoly on violence" is just something some people made up. It's meaningless, just some empty words on paper. (Which is also true for the Constitution itself, of course. But if you're talking about the theoretical and philosophical basis for lawmaking in the US, that's what determines both. Theoretically.)

iamnothere 2mo ago
It’s funny because the whole notion of a monopoly on violence is very traditional and tightly coupled to the Westphalian notion of statehood, yet I often see that the first people to cite the monopoly on violence are also the ones undermining the Westphalian state model. In any case all the old gods are dead or dying, including old ideas of statehood, so enjoy the ride, everyone.