No, I don't that a cooperatively run streaming service needs to have a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory. There could easily be multiple competing cooperatives.

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cjs_ac 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There are plenty of criticisms to level at the BBC, but I don’t think the Director General has armed forces at his command.

	▲	TheCoelacanth a minute ago \| parent [-]
		Not directly, but ultimately its funding is non-voluntary and is backed by the state's monopoly on violence.