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It has nothing to do with people killing you because you’re unpopular; it’s to do with the fact that if you seriously violate arbitration agreements it becomes too expensive to buy protection.


> no one is going to stop people from shooting you and taking your stuff. I.e. you become an outlaw.

[edit, also:]

> The plausible end result of violating the law is either that you have to accept the result of arbitration or you end up getting shot


That seems like the monopoly on violence with... more actual violence.




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