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Assignment:
Reword the following answer: The statement is False. It was Max Weber, not Marx Weber, who defined a "state" as a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory. Here are the details of his reasoning:
1. Weber's argument is based on the concept of "legitimacy." He theorized that a state exists and operates successfully because its authority is seen as legitimate by the people it governs, not just because it has the ability to use force.
2. The 'monopoly on the legitimate use of physical violence' is what distinguishes the state from other forms of political structures because it holds the exclusive right to use, threaten, or authorize physical force against residents of its territory.
3. In other words, Weber argued that for an entity to be a state, it needs to maintain a monopoly over the use of force, and have the right to set and enforce laws within its specified territory. Note that Weber's definition of a state, while commonly accepted in political science, is not the only definition, and other political theorists have proposed alternative definitions.