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Old 06-19-2007
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Re: Privitizing Defense

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Originally Posted by underboss View Post
You could say that terrorism is the privatization of war. Terrorists are the free marketers of war. They are people who don't believe that the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.
I'm not sure if it was your intention, but I'm getting the sense that you're saying that the only people who don't believe the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence are terrorists.
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