The Dictator's Paradox: Your Shield is Also Your Sharpest Sword
The Dictator’s Paradox: Your Shield is Also Your Sharpest Sword To suppress internal dissent and defend against external enemies, a dictator must build a powerful and efficient apparatus of violence (military, police, intelligence agencies). However, this apparatus of violence is the only entity within the country that possesses the necessary force and organization to overthrow the dictator. Thus, the very protectors a dictator relies on are, simultaneously, his most deadly potential threat. ...