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Who the fuck tought giving the state a monopoly of violence was a good idea?
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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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kbal fedia.io kbal@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-11-03
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Thomas Hobbes, maybe?

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SmokeInFog midwest.social SmokeInFog@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-06-02
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Nobody gave it, it was taken. It only justified itself as "the final arbiter" in a post hoc manner, not a logical one

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Hugucinogens lemmy.blahaj.zone Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-20
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The state.

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ComradeSharkfucker lemmy.ml sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-07
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John State

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minorkeys sh.itjust.works minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-04-22
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It was just the result of achieving the monopoly.

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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
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ask the Mafia similarly...

the state did is your answer

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
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ask the Mafia similarly... the state did is your answer

They are not all that different. One sells drugs the other sells weapons.

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