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Re:A small town that saved its only grocery store by buying it by woodruffw on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:08PM (#32963982)
The literature normally refers to an "absolute monopoly on legitimate violence," since the state has no practical way to prevent all incidental acts of non-state violence.
Re:A small town that saved its only grocery store by buying it by analog31 on Saturday September 24, 2022 @12:33PM (#32964206)
Sure, that makes sense. I still wonder what an oligopoly on legitimate violence looks like. The closest thing I can think of is the sweatshop system, where each sweatshop has coercive power over its workers, legitimized by the idea that the worker chose to join a particular sweatshop.