Re:Money-Laundering Practices in the Online Scam Industry
by ronsor on Friday September 27, 2024 @12:34PM
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I would argue that the government's monopoly on violence is more about its power to engage in violence than literal acts of violence.
Re:Money-Laundering Practices in the Online Scam Industry
by JumpCrisscross on Friday September 27, 2024 @01:00PM
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> the government's monopoly on violence is more about its power to engage in violence than literal acts of violence
Power being capability and willingness. Guns give a private citizen capability, same as anyone who can make a fist. They do not extend to signalling a willingness to shoot someone. (Threats, on the other hand, are illegal. Partly because they're no fun for anyone involved. Partly because that crosses from potential to actual.)
Re:Money-Laundering Practices in the Online Scam Industry
by skinkestek on Friday September 27, 2024 @12:52PM
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Ahh. Good point.
Around here people are often very well armed but only military and politice are allowed to use firearms.
Owning a gun doesn't break the government's monopoly on violence because owning a gun isn't violent. Firing a gun at a shooting range isn't violent. (Most people don't consider hunting violence.)
Reasonable 2nd Amendment supporters grant the state its monopoly on violence. They just want the means by way to revoke it. (Or, more realistically, make its abuse more difficult.)