Charles C. Mann Quote

All states can be parceled into four types: pluralist, in which the state is seen by its people as having moral legitimacy; populist, in which government is viewed as an expression of the people’s will; great beast, in which the rulers’ power depends on using force to keep the populace cowed; and great fraud, in which the elite uses smoke and mirrors to convince the people of its inherent authority.

Charles C. Mann

All states can be parceled into four types: pluralist, in which the state is seen by its people as having moral legitimacy; populist, in which government is viewed as an expression of the people’s will; great beast, in which the rulers’ power depends on using force to keep the populace cowed; and great fraud, in which the elite uses smoke and mirrors to convince the people of its inherent authority.

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