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The Monopoly of Violence

If the state loses legitimacy, it will be challenged by groups and individuals"Who are you...

If the state loses legitimacy, it will be challenged by groups and individuals
who will point a finger and say:
"Who are you to exercise this violence?"

Full Transcript

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If the state loses legitimacy,
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it will be challenged by groups
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and individuals who will point a finger
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and say: "Who are you to exercise this violence?"
Duration
14 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:41
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.
In the Benalla affair, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:12
In the Benalla affair,
I filmed the event on my phone, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
I filmed the event on my phone,
It was only 2 months later, when we learned he worked for the President, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
It was only 2 months later, when we learned he worked for th...
I thought they were plainclothes police, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:10
I thought they were plainclothes police,
He beat a guy on the ground." - The Monopoly of Violence 00:10
He beat a guy on the ground."
Benalla didn't choose just any uniform to beat that man. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
Benalla didn't choose just any uniform to beat that man...
Give me your collar number. You're required to wear it and give it. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
Give me your collar number. You're required to wear it ...
You called me a bitch, Sir. Give me your collar number. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
You called me a bitch, Sir. Give me your collar number.
We get hit with rocks, and you only film the police. Bravo. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
We get hit with rocks, and you only film the police. Bravo.
1 will not justify my assignment. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
1 will not justify my assignment.
To the station, you poor little thing. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
To the station, you poor little thing.
The panopticon is a prison with a central tower - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
The panopticon is a prison with a central tower
Since you don't know when you're seen or not, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:10
Since you don't know when you're seen or not,
The asymmetry between seeing and being seen founds the panopticon. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
The asymmetry between seeing and being seen founds the panop...
The smartphone overturns that, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:19
The smartphone overturns that,
That's a reversal of the asymmetry. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
That's a reversal of the asymmetry.
We're making symmetrical something that was only one-way before. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
We're making symmetrical something that was only one-wa...
You see these videos: “Look, he hit someone!" - The Monopoly of Violence 00:13
You see these videos: “Look, he hit someone!"
Do I go to a police control and say: - The Monopoly of Violence 00:12
Do I go to a police control and say:
Every day I see my colleagues on social medial - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
Every day I see my colleagues on social medial