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Firm Rule More Fair?
How does a government that is firmly in control enjoy a greater opportunity to rule fairly?
I've wondered for over a decade why many consider this to be true, ever since I discussed it in a history class. It feels reasonable but I'm having a hard time formulating support for it.
I'm thinking about it tonight because of a passage I just read:
"The soldiers were there ... to remind the huge crowd ... Axum rules by the spear, when all is said and done. ... The crowd [felt] no resentment ... That rulers will rule, was a given. That being so, best to have a strong rule, and a firm one. That makes possible—possible—a fair rule as well." (Drake, Flint Fortune's Stroke)
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