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Author Topic: Obama - "Monopoly on Violence"  (Read 459 times)
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« on: June 11, 2010, 01:58:08 PM »

The quote in context here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOZI1jSJW2Y
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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2010, 09:34:29 AM »

How ironic that while trying to make the case against private military contractors like Blackwater he's actually arguing against Max Weber who first coined the term "monopoly on violence." Weber felt that as long as private security was given legitimacy by the government it was justified in using violence in the state's interests. I guess Obama wants to keep violence solely in the hands of the military and police.

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