political writing 304-04

Humanities

Total word count: 350. No plagiarize.

Max Weber said that the most important feature of the modern state is that nobody can use force “legitimately” except the state and its representatives. Yet even in a society like the United States, people engage in violence all of the time. Does the fact that people in the United States sometimes in engage in violence that is not approved by the state indicate that something is wrong with Weber’s definition? Why or why not?