There's a world of difference between the government having a monopoly on violence as a backstop and relying on violence to get anything done. Which suggests that an effective government's power is based on more than violence.
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There's a world of difference between the government having a monopoly on violence as a backstop and relying on violence to get anything done. Which suggests that an effective government's power is based on more than violence.
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But doesn't the government rely on a threat of violence for just about everything that it does?
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