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"In other words, what presents itself to us as bourgeois legality is nothing but the violence of the ruling class..." - Rosa Luxemburg.
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The whole passage is worth reading and on point re. the violence of the State books.google.com/books?id=S9sbbJhkbBQC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=%22In+other+words,+what+presents+itself+to+us+as+bourgeois+legality+is+nothing+but+the+violence+of+the+ruling+class,+a+violence+raised+to+an+obligatory+norm+from+the+outset.%22&source=bl&ots=Y8wytAiMyi&sig=jjEn3BKRLldgQqKzGNYq30k3LlI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjor-LZtIvLAhVBOhQKHQTbCzMQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22In%20other%20words%2C%20what%20presents%20itself%20to%20us%20as%20bourgeois%20legality%20is%20nothing%20but%20the%20violence%20of%20the%20ruling%20class%2C%20a%20violence%20raised%20to%20an%20obligatory%20norm%20from%20the%20outset.%22&f=false