Friday, November 17, 2006

Just realized

So I just learned that Max Weber is credited with the idea that the state can be defined as an entity that possesses a monopoly on the use of physical force. Check it. Wikipedia says it came from a speech he gave in 1918. Who knew that was such a recent idea? Well, I suppose was probably floating around in the ether earlier, but still, go Weber!

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