• fishos@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s a social contract basically: we will be peaceful as long as you allow us to remain peaceful.

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      3 months ago

      Yes, basically the individual gives up their sovereign monopoly of violence to the state in exchange for protection and representation through the constitution. Break that contract and people have the moral right to oppose “legal” violence carried out through a dictatorship.