c/anarchism · by A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 111dWho the fuck tought giving the state a monopoly of violence was a good idea? 22 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 110d
The state.
SmokeInFog@midwest.social · 17 pts · 110d
Nobody gave it, it was taken. It only justified itself as "the final arbiter" in a post hoc manner, not a logical one
kbal@fedia.io · 6 pts · 110d
Thomas Hobbes, maybe?
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 110d
It was just the result of achieving the monopoly.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 109d
ask the Mafia similarly...
the state did is your answer
A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 109d
They are not all that different. One sells drugs the other sells weapons.