[hellbanner]

"The monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force, also known as the monopoly on violence"

I think the "legitimate" is implied - a State is a thing that creates Legitimacy and enforces it through Violence. To supplement this it monopolizes Violence by inflicting Violence on those who commit it without Legitimacy.

[dredmorbius]

The overwhelming majority of usage online, including in this thread, strongly suggests otherwise.

The fact was an insight to me when I happened to stumble across it (researching other aspects of Weber, as it happens).

[hellbanner]

Sorry but I'm not seeing what I'm missing.