Violence as a Practical Tactic, Right?

i think a violence seems to be caught up in both ways, practically and symbolically. We might not fall on our knees before any thug or bully who manages to wreak havoc with impunity. But in so far as such a figure does manage to establish themselves as genuinely standing above the law, in other words, as sacred or set apart, another apparently universal principle kicks in. Violent men generally insist on tokens of respect. But tokens of respect taken to cosmological level, tends to become severe limits on one's freedom to act violently,. Theres still this symbol of revolution to day. It wasn't, it became much more than just a practical way to lop some one's head