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minus-squareJake Farm@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·edit-226 days ago“Violence [is] The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.” - Robert A Heinlein
minus-squaresturlabragason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-226 days agohttps://www.britannica.com/topic/state-monopoly-on-violence And nation states rob their subjects of this option. Edit: can someone explain their downvote to me? I’m not advocating violence, only saying that nation states hold a monopoly on it. Re-reading my comment, I kind of maybe was a bit agressive when I wrote it. Fuck it, take the power back.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down6·26 days agoSeems like you read too much Engels.
“Violence [is] The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.” - Robert A Heinlein
https://www.britannica.com/topic/state-monopoly-on-violence
And nation states rob their subjects of this option.
Edit: can someone explain their downvote to me? I’m not advocating violence, only saying that nation states hold a monopoly on it.
Re-reading my comment, I kind of maybe was a bit agressive when I wrote it. Fuck it, take the power back.
Seems like you read too much Engels.