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Monopoly on violence

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A Guatemalan policeman holds a suspect at gunpoint during a security checkpoint exercise. Due to the monopoly on violence held by the state, the policeman is allowed to use force and the threat of force legally, while the suspect is not.

" In political philosophy, a monopoly on violence or monopoly on the legal use of force is the property of a polity that is the only entity in its jurisdiction to legitimately use force, and thus the supreme authority of that area. " ~ Wikipedia: Monopoly on violence


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