(August 10, 2020 at 4:57 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: Again your claim that 'Every' State is built upon voilence.
In a broad, historic, sense I can see some glimmer of truth in that.
However I'd also point to those governing systems which have matured and outgrown such.
B'bye.
One of the traditional definitions of a legitimate government is that it maintains a monopoly on violence.
Regular citizens are expected to be peaceful, but governmental institutions are allowed to do violence when necessary. So for example if a crazy man is shooting people, it should be the police who shoot back.
One of the reasons that the US is going fast into chaos is that this is no longer recognized. The police have abused their power, the executive branch uses violence to enforce oil company profits, and idiot gun owners think they can just step in whenever they judge it's OK.
