Put quite plainly, nonviolence ensures a state monopoly on … - Peter Gelderloos

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Put quite plainly, nonviolence ensures a state monopoly on violence. States survive by assuming the role of the sole legitimate purveyor of violent force within their territory. Any struggle against oppression necessitates a conflict with the state.

Peter Gelderloos

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Peter Gelderloos (born 1982) is an anarchist and author from Virginia (United States).

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