Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p>Followup to my pinned Weber / Definition of Government thread:</p><p>There's an excellent podcast examination of this here:</p><p><a href="https://play.acast.com/s/history-of-ideas/weberonleadership" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">play.acast.com/s/history-of-id</span><span class="invisible">eas/weberonleadership</span></a></p><p>Some earlier discussion:<br><a href="https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/108541676665844169" target="_blank" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toot.cat/@dredmorbius/10854167</span><span class="invisible">6665844169</span></a></p><p>What the podcast doesn't get into is that the more modern abbreviated "monopoly on violence" form seems to originate with Murray Rothbard and was further popularised by Robert Nozick, both Libertarian philosophers / propagandists.</p><p>(I strongly hesitate to apply the word "philosopher" to Rothbard. Nozick is not <em>entirely</em> undeserving.)</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MaxWeber" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaxWeber</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/LegitimateClaimToMonopolyOnViolenceInARegion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LegitimateClaimToMonopolyOnViolenceInARegion</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/AllFiveTerms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AllFiveTerms</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MonopolyOnViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MonopolyOnViolence</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MonopolyOnCoercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MonopolyOnCoercion</span></a></p>