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[–] for_some_delta@beehaw.org 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The term describes a material condition. State police forces exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

My point is that what you are saying is simply a convention that for most of us made sense for a long time.

I contend there do exist conditions under which that convention goes away. And at bottom we are all capable of violence.