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The Monopoly of Violence

It's not about legitimate violence and who holds it

It's not about legitimate violence and who holds it

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It's not about legitimate violence
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and who holds it.
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5 seconds
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34
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:19
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.
Who has the media power - The Monopoly of Violence 00:18
Who has the media power
But you are violent." - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
But you are violent."
The encounter is broken, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
The encounter is broken,
Generally speaking, power passes through us, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
Generally speaking, power passes through us,
It's a Foucauldian notion of power: indecipherable, with no center, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:13
It's a Foucauldian notion of power: indecipherable, wit...
The police with truncheons is the show of power. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
The police with truncheons is the show of power.
It's a bit grotesque, reacting in a naked, brutal way. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
It's a bit grotesque, reacting in a naked, brutal way.
It runs after you, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
It runs after you,
This isn't the refined power we're used to. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
This isn't the refined power we're used to.
I made power react. It exists in my perception. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
I made power react. It exists in my perception.
This is all very symbolic, because obviously it remains... - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
This is all very symbolic, because obviously it remains...
As for property damage, it's very similar. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
As for property damage, it's very similar.
To pick a piece of display window off the ground is to hold a piece of power. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
To pick a piece of display window off the ground is to hold ...
And the targeted institutions are always institutions of capitalism: - The Monopoly of Violence 00:09
And the targeted institutions are always institutions of cap...
The idea isn't to materially affect power. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
The idea isn't to materially affect power.
However, what you perceive is the collapse of its display. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
However, what you perceive is the collapse of its display.
When you pick up that piece of glass, you're holding a piece of power. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
When you pick up that piece of glass, you're holding a ...
Macron, we're on our way! - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
Macron, we're on our way!
Demonstrating on the Champs-Elysées is symbolic. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
Demonstrating on the Champs-Elysées is symbolic.
There's also the proximity to those who fuck us over every day. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
There's also the proximity to those who fuck us over ev...