Legitimacy of the State

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Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
ICT strengthens democratic movements
ICT helps the population view regime change as a possibility
ICT inihibits control of opinion by dictators
Opinion control is essential to dictatorship
WHY do people accept to submit to their rulers?
This acceptance to submit is extremely surprising
If the many are stronger, how can the few stay in power?
Minimal force is required by the rulers to keep the many in line
It is "opinion" that keeps the many from throwing off their rulers
"Opinion" = beliefs the many hold about the legitimacy of the rulers
What characterizes the "opinion" that dictators try to shape?
Legitimacy of the State
Block information about revolutionary movements in other countries
Maintain ignorance about the level of government corruption
Make it hard to imagine that things could be different, or better
Present the dictator's wealth as normal, not "corruption"
Fear of the consequences of revolt
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