[Dragaera] OT: Ray Bradbury

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Philip Hart wrote:
> A state of course has a monopoly on violence.
>   
"Claims", possibly; although in most countries ("state" in this 
discussion generally meaning the government of a country) violence is 
allowed as an individual recourse in cases of self-defense, for example, 
so in those cases the state isn't even *claiming* a monopoly.

I've heard that given as part of the definition of "state", but I can't 
find what philosophical position it comes from.  And I can find clear 
counter-examples.  So if I don't like the position it comes from... :-)

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