The Strategic Use of Violence in Order to Enforce Preference Faltification

Authoritarian regimes like that of north corea limit descent or eliminate descent entirely. Individual s are not allowed to form groups that have any autonomy. The state controls everything. A second measure that these regimes use is to give people the sense that they are always being watched. And people are encouraged to send information to the regime about signs of descent. No matter how small your community, no matter how useful you are to the regime, no matter how close you are to the dictator himself, you are not immune....