Myths/government has a monopoly on force - Revision history

Woozle: meta tweaks

2015-06-11T22:30:12Z

meta tweaks

Woozle: beginnings of a rebuttal

2015-06-11T22:15:37Z

beginnings of a rebuttal

Woozle: Created page with "{{need/more|This is just a trivia linkdrop at the moment.}} ==Trivia== Even in communist (the worst kind of statism) China, violence is openly available for hire -- https..."

2015-04-22T21:16:07Z

Created page with "{{need/more|This is just a trivia linkdrop at the moment.}} ==Trivia== Even in communist (the worst kind of statism) China, violence is openly available for hire -- https..."

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==Trivia==
Even in [[communist]] (the worst kind of statism) China, violence is openly available for hire -- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/22/chinese-mobile-app-used-for-hiring-thugs-to-beat-up-people/ -- although this probably doesn't argue against the "monopoly on force" claim, since the Chinese government no doubt opposes the app and would probably have taken action against it if the Google Store hadn't already removed it.

On the other hand, if this is an [[anti-governmentist]] argument that the government should ''not'' have a "monopoly on force" (whatever that may mean), then it has to be asked what, in a stateless society, would stop the largest "private" security company in any given area from claiming their own "monopoly on force".

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 ==Reality==
 Government ''should'' have a monopoly on violence (above a certain level, at least); the absence of such implies a violent society. "Monopoly on force" is just another way of saying "preventing violence, using violence if necessary".

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 ==Trivia==
 Even in [[communist]] (the worst kind of statism) China, violence is openly available for hire -- https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/22/chinese-mobile-app-used-for-hiring-thugs-to-beat-up-people/ -- although this probably doesn't argue against the "monopoly on force" claim, since the Chinese government no doubt opposes the app and would probably have taken action against it if the Google Store hadn't already removed it.
 On the other hand, if this is an [[anti-governmentist]] argument that the government should ''not'' have a "monopoly on force" (whatever that may mean), then it has to be asked what, in a stateless society, would stop the largest "private" security company in any given area from claiming their own "monopoly on force".