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Nobody gave it, it was taken. It only justified itself as “the final arbiter” in a post hoc manner, not a logical one
The state.
Thomas Hobbes, maybe?
It was just the result of achieving the monopoly.
John State
ask the Mafia similarly…
the state did is your answer
They are not all that different. One sells drugs the other sells weapons.
