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The Monopoly of Violence

I preferthe policeman, son of a worker, to the student thug,son of a lawyer

People stigmatize the police, but as Pasolini said: I prefer
the policeman, son of a worker, to the student thug,
son of a lawyer

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People stigmatize the police,
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but as Pasolini said: I prefer the policeman, son of a worker,
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to the student thug, son of a lawyer.
Duration
10 seconds
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33
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:35
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
During the 19th-century revolutions, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:15
During the 19th-century revolutions,
In this configuration, violence is unleashed in a tiny area. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
In this configuration, violence is unleashed in a tiny area.
That's a well-behaved bourgeoisie. Reinstate the wealth fax! - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
That's a well-behaved bourgeoisie. Reinstate the wealth...
I know there are problems, I'm sick of taxes, too. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
I know there are problems, I'm sick of taxes, too.
But the people who work here, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:09
But the people who work here,
Forme, the legitimacy of violence - The Monopoly of Violence 00:12
Forme, the legitimacy of violence
The legitimacy isn't solely the state's for exercising violence. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
The legitimacy isn't solely the state's for exerci...
I recently reread a text by Jean Genet, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:09
I recently reread a text by Jean Genet,
He explains that what the state and the police do is brutality, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
He explains that what the state and the police do is brutali...
He provides metaphorical examples 1 find beautiful, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
He provides metaphorical examples 1 find beautiful,
He cites the gem of wheat bursting open, splitting the frozen earth. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
He cites the gem of wheat bursting open, splitting the froze...
The tiny chick with its beak, cracking the egg - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
The tiny chick with its beak, cracking the egg
The example of human birth, of budding trees... - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
The example of human birth, of budding trees...
All of those acts that are concretely violent, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:11
All of those acts that are concretely violent,
We live in a society with very intense systemic violence: - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
We live in a society with very intense systemic violence:
It's violence through a very indirect system, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:15
It's violence through a very indirect system,
Its source is very far from the person enduring it, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:11
Its source is very far from the person enduring it,
You tend to take it internally, be subjected to it, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
You tend to take it internally, be subjected to it,
We know what it produces: somatic illness, anxiety, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:08
We know what it produces: somatic illness, anxiety,
That violence has to come out. It expresses constrained life forces - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
That violence has to come out. It expresses constrained life...