• @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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    11 year ago

    You know, in political theory the entire conceptual basis of the state is that the state is the has the sole monopoly on violence. That’s it, that’s what the state is. It is the sole purveyor of social norms and order by using violence as a tool of enforcement.

    • @aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You know, in political theory the entire conceptual basis of the state is that the state is the has the sole monopoly on violence.

      No it isn’t. What fucking theory are you reading to come up with this bullshit?