It’s the core concept of the thing, with the first premise being a monopoly on violence.
It’s not hypocritical for a government to say it’s not wrong when they do violence and it is wrong when others do it.
A government may commit moral or immoral violence, or express moral or immoral values in its actions.
But it’s not hypocrisy to not want competition. It’s the point of the thing.
That one idea, of many.
It’s the core concept of the thing, with the first premise being a monopoly on violence.
It’s not hypocritical for a government to say it’s not wrong when they do violence and it is wrong when others do it.
A government may commit moral or immoral violence, or express moral or immoral values in its actions.
But it’s not hypocrisy to not want competition. It’s the point of the thing.