Monopoly of force What should an elite do to gain popular support while still maintaining a more comfortable lifestyle than commoners? Kleptocrats throughout the ages have resorted to a mixture of four solutions:
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3. Use the monopoly of force to promote happiness, by maintaining public order and curbing violence.
Jared Diamond [Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, 1997]
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