(1) First theory - use physical threats
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
Chairman Mao Zedong
(2) Second theory - use mind control
"Whoever controls the media, controls the mind."
Jim Morrison
(3) Third theory - use mandatory vaccination
"It is equally true that in every well-ordered society charged with the duty of conserving the safety of its members, the rights of the individual in respect of his liberty may at times, under the pressure of great dangers, be subjected to such restraint, to be enforced by reasonable regulations, as the safety of the general public may demand."
Justin John Marshall Harlan (in Jacobson v Massachusetts)
Whether it be the barrel of a gun, the barrel of a video tube, or the barrel of a syringe, the powers that be rely on a monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory to maintain the sovereignty of the state.
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