If your point is that the nature of the state as an institution with a monopoly on violence is the core issue here, then you've overgeneralized the problem. Tha

If your point is that the nature of the state as an institution with a monopoly on violence is the core issue here, then you've overgeneralized the problem. That is the source of many ills in the world. This situation is unique because states nominally protect certain rights for their citizens, and denying them those rights subjects the state to a risk that some subset of the populace will do violence to it (whether by voting out officials or rioting in the streets). The US has calculated that the negative consequences from its populace in this situtation are likely to be minimal, and the worrying part is that it may be correct.