![[On Looking in the Past for a Better Future by Dr Eleanor Janega#id263739064 difficult to fight a monarchy without your soldiers becoming rulers]] - [n] this sort of misses the point that violence is necessary to defend from violence-how do you keep the people willing to defend you from becoming are nobility or ruling class? That is the critical question! #xref with the rise of social classes and maces stuff. #articleseed [[2021.06.16a symbols of power & the duties of leadership]] - [n] link to [[Pro Life]] as a way to flesh out the enemy and the core conflict; how do they preserve their wonderful way of life without becoming monsters; he who fights monsters is doomed to become.