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@immibis @abolisyonista @mdione

No, an anarchist commune could not claim a monopoly over force an still claim to be an anarchist commune.

No, this is not the same thing as passivity in the face of aggression.

Cooperative self defense by members of a community against aggression is not a synonym for the exercise of a monopoly over violence by an institution. You can defend yourself, in cooperation with your neighbors, without using violence against your neighbors to enforce your own rule.