That’s why a rules based system is also needed.
Police in Finland also have guns (I assume) but they the rules they follow are the written law, not what the “boss” says.
People will always self organise. If we don’t have a formal representative democracy with all its quirky conventions (like not having the opposition assassinated) we end up with mob rule or tyranny. That might protect some but, in my opinion, allows less freedom for ordinary people.
Russia has way more state sponsored violence, though. That’s how you get more corruption, not less.
That’s why a rules based system is also needed.
Police in Finland also have guns (I assume) but they the rules they follow are the written law, not what the “boss” says.
People will always self organise. If we don’t have a formal representative democracy with all its quirky conventions (like not having the opposition assassinated) we end up with mob rule or tyranny. That might protect some but, in my opinion, allows less freedom for ordinary people.
PS: The level of actual violence isn’t relevant to any of this. A dictator, or a government, that is in full control only need the threat of violence.