RE: Jainism
August 10, 2020 at 7:16 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2020 at 7:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It would be interesting to see which countries you had in mind. A monopoly on violence is an important part of what enables a democratic country to be democratic. A democratic country which allowed for armed rebellion in the case of a lost election, or who did not intend to enforce the results of an election, would seem to be a failed democratic state.
As an example, for all the bellyaching about a peoples right to rebel before the US was formed, we shut the door pretty quick on any further violence once the ink had dried - asserting a monopoly on violence.
As an example, for all the bellyaching about a peoples right to rebel before the US was formed, we shut the door pretty quick on any further violence once the ink had dried - asserting a monopoly on violence.
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