• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Governments have a monopoly on (nominally) legitimate violence.

    That’s what monopoly means. Just because Coca-Cola holds a monopoly on importing cocaine plants doesn’t mean no other organization is capable of importing cocaine. They just can’t do it legally.