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minus-squareTrevita17@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·edit-25 days agoYou need massive amounts of wealth to gain and maintain a monopoly on violence. So they did both.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 days agoAlso if you possess a monopoly on violence wealth is not difficult to obtain
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoAnd once you have that wealth you NEED a monopoly on violence to maintain it, which requires more wealth, and so on.
You need massive amounts of wealth to gain and maintain a monopoly on violence. So they did both.
Also if you possess a monopoly on violence wealth is not difficult to obtain
And once you have that wealth you NEED a monopoly on violence to maintain it, which requires more wealth, and so on.