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		unimpressive on July 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mission Creep: When Everything Is Terrorism >but that selfsame centralisation is dangerous and must be closely and jealously guarded. How exactly?

jacques_chester on July 17, 2013 [–]

The best techniques I'm aware of are either a benevolent monarch -- which is ostensibly great until the benevolent monarch dies or is killed -- or by dividing the state against itself in a structured way.

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