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The Monopoly of Violence

The paradox is that, in democracy, we more willingly employrepression than prevention

The paradox is that, in democracy, we more willingly employ
repression than prevention

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The paradox is that,
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in democracy, we more willingly employ repression than prevention.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:19:18
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
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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.
Sometimes we let them get out of hand, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
Sometimes we let them get out of hand,
A preventive regime is one in which - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
A preventive regime is one in which
To avoid demonstrations, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:09
To avoid demonstrations,
No one sees a thing, people are arrested at home, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
No one sees a thing, people are arrested at home,
Preventively, their means of communication are cut off, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
Preventively, their means of communication are cut off,
And you can see that - The Monopoly of Violence 00:18
And you can see that
And you get Emmanuel Macron trying to defend himself - The Monopoly of Violence 00:10
And you get Emmanuel Macron trying to defend himself
As if we were planning to enter the National Assembly! - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
As if we were planning to enter the National Assembly!
In legal terms, a regime is authoritarian - The Monopoly of Violence 00:14
In legal terms, a regime is authoritarian
We're not really there yet. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
We're not really there yet.
But that the power in place has authoritarian tendencies, - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
But that the power in place has authoritarian tendencies,
The debate is in the street - The Monopoly of Violence 00:07
The debate is in the street
Will democracies follow the lead of preventive regimes? - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
Will democracies follow the lead of preventive regimes?
Meaning regimes in which - The Monopoly of Violence 00:22
Meaning regimes in which
These are two incarnations of the tension between order and liberty. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
These are two incarnations of the tension between order and ...
Democracy isn't consensus but dissensus! - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
Democracy isn't consensus but dissensus!
Our freedoms have somehow been infringed. We can't all agree. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
Our freedoms have somehow been infringed. We can't all ...
It's a very old idea in political philosophy. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:06
It's a very old idea in political philosophy.
Machiavelli wrote of the "tumult" in Florence. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:05
Machiavelli wrote of the "tumult" in Florence.
It was the disagreement between the elites and the people. - The Monopoly of Violence 00:04
It was the disagreement between the elites and the people.