“allow” as in permit or not address… Obviously no structure is 100% successful at eliminating opposition, but without the monopoly of violence any government becomes usurped by another body that is willing to exert force.
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What “anarchistic structure” has derived authority exclusively through consent, and done so without allowing other violent power structures to form?
Show me literally one ever.
Any government relies on a monopoly of violence, because some minority will not consent to rule. Lenient systems will settle towards “don’t kill, cook, and eat your neighbors,” some will settle towards total subjugation of their constituents.
If not prevented with violence, new violent power structures will form spontaneously.
I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to reveal this spoiler.
No system can achieve consensus consent of the governed. All governments maintain authority through a monopoly on violence.
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Or a Porsche. Or a Bentley. Or a laborghini. Or a Bugatti.
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So a bunch of mental gymnastics later, we have two groups: those who consent to authority, and those who comply with authority because of the threat or application of violence.