What strikes me is that so many words are used to express such a simple true concept.
Ken, I think that first sentence opener captures the concept pretty concisely. The rest just expands on it in particular contexts.
We could trim it down to “In a free society, government solely has the monopoly of force.” But that’s pretty cryptic; most people would need a bit of unpacking before they could see how that relates to resupplying ISS or Moon missions.
What strikes me is that so many words are used to express such a simple true concept.
Ken, I think that first sentence opener captures the concept pretty concisely. The rest just expands on it in particular contexts.
We could trim it down to “In a free society, government solely has the monopoly of force.” But that’s pretty cryptic; most people would need a bit of unpacking before they could see how that relates to resupplying ISS or Moon missions.