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Re:Mapping Police Violence by danielscrubs on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:52AM (#23377516)
> if you think that states inherently have the right to their power.

Why would I think that?

I'm saying that from the violence monopoly everything else is upheld by a first principle approach. If the state is overthrown the violence monopoly is either upheld by a new group, or you have no governing state.

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Re:Mapping Police Violence by deathgrips on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:12PM (#23382448)
Do you think people have the right to use violence for self defense? If so, who can people defend themselves from? Who can't they defend themselves from?
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Re:Mapping Police Violence by danielscrubs on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:32PM (#23383426)
I don't condone anything. It is simply a definition that is used. I found this that explains it way better:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence

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