What is Monopoly on violence?
The '''monopoly on the legal use of force''', '''monopoly on violence''' or '''monopoly on legitimate violence''' is the property of a [[polity]] or [[government]]/[[state]] that differentiates it for all over [[organization]]s in a given [[territory]]. This monopoly upholds a government's [[sovereignty]] and [[jurisdiction]] and makes it the only organization that can legally [[imprison]], [[tax]], etc. Without such [[coercion]], a state ceases to be a state. The [[social contract]] theory suggests a government's monopoly on the legal use of force is derived from the ''consent of the governed''. [[Category:Violence]] [[Category:Political philosophy]]