Societal Power Dynamics: The Monopoly On Violence

<p>I&rsquo;m in a philosophical mood today.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve been watching&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QxRbzFk3zk" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>The Good Place</strong></a>&nbsp;again, or more accurately binging it obsessively. Watching Team Cockroach wrestle with the ethics of punishment, morality, and existentialism is really fun.</p> <p>If you haven&rsquo;t watched it, go do that. Drop all the things and run. You won&rsquo;t regret it. On top of being entertaining as fork, it&rsquo;s also among the most thought-provoking series that I&rsquo;ve ever seen. It&rsquo;s practically a Philosophy 101 course wrapped in a wacky comedy coating.</p> <p>The show focuses mainly on morality and ethics, but there are many branches of philosophy and all are just as fascinating. I&rsquo;m certainly not an expert in the field, but I love to read about philosophy because I find it interesting.</p> <p>But thanks to my recent return to the zany world of Chidi&rsquo;s personal hell, I&rsquo;m sitting back in my chair pondering life&rsquo;s big questions. And it just so happens to be useful for the work I do!</p> <p>Political philosophy is particularly relevant to a lot of my writing.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-philosophy" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>In a nutshell, political philosophy is the study of government and law.</strong></a>&nbsp;The goal is to argue, debate, and posit theories on the best way to structure relationships between people as a collective group.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/bouncin-and-behavin-blogs/societal-power-dynamics-the-monopoly-on-violence-e86e9f1acaf"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>