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What do you mean by "more readily"?

• kaonashi 13y ago
  The monopoly on the use of force by Government agents keeps private actors (or at least it attempts to) from employing violence on their own terms. Absent that monopoly, private agents will fill the void.
  • ahallock 13y ago
    You wouldn't be able to build up the necessary military force without expending massive amounts of money and drawing negative attention to yourself. Investors would not want to be involved with a company creating a PR nightmare and wasting their money on evil. Customers would boycott, the company's stock price would drop, and they wouldn't be able to carry out their plans anyway.
    • wiml 13y ago
      This is a happy supposition, but I don't think it's borne out by historical evidence.
    • meemoo 13y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA
    • JoachimSchipper 13y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Military_expansion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company#Military_exp...