I'm talking about the founding of this nation. The U.S. Constitution, specifically. It bound those alive then and those who would be born in the future. This is not a controversial statement.

You're right, it's not. Feel free to move at your convenience if you don't like the constitution. 300,000,000 people seem to like it just fine.

Considering I'm familiar with the concept of the monopoly on violence

Well I am curious to know what you mean by "monopoly on violence".

Because I'm sure you're not referring to Max Weber's "monopoly on violence" theory.

Because if you had actually read anything about him or the idea of a "monopoly of violence" you'd know Weber lays out the idea of "das Monopol legitimen physischen Zwanges", or monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force, as a necessary element of statehood for any sovereign nation.

So I don't see how "monopoly on violence" in the context of a necessary element of statehood really jives with your whole argument here. Especially since Weber's "monopoly on violence" does not mean that the government is the only entity that can use physical force. It just means that any other use of force derives from the state's right. For example...the second amendment...

The point of Weber's theory is that for a state to be able to self govern, to actually be able to have a set of laws and maintain civil order, it must have the power to enforce those laws. If it cannot enforce the laws it sets down, the laws have no meaning and the nation itself is not a nation at all. So by the very definition of his "monopoly on violence" theory, the United States of America can only remain a country at all if such a monopoly exists. Otherwise the government would be powerless to enforce the laws of the land and the government might as well not exist in the first place.

So please, tell me what you mean by "monopoly on violence" and how it relates to government. Because it's abundantly clear you don't mean Weber's theory since it directly contradicts almost everything you've been saying.

Unless you don't believe in the idea of a unified state or the idea of governance at all, in which case I fail to see why you're posting in /r/politics, or why you're living in this country at all.