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Aren't all justice systems ultimately based on the threat of violence from the state?


Yes - one of the central tenets of the rule of law is that the state has monopoly on violence, which is enforced by the police and the courts.


But in school thats not true. The bully has the monopoly on violence, which is enforced by actually committing said violence.


The bully has a de facto monopoly because no higher power is willing to exercise theirs.




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