Universal Taxonomy - levels of kinds of powerhenry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:35 pm "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
<soft (general)>
convincing
•emotional - convince that it will make a better world
•psychological - convince that it's a good idea with common sense
•factual - insist on technical correctness
influencing
•cultural - game society
•economic - influence the direction of market choices, with sanctions for non-compliance
•bureaucratic - rig the system toward certain results
requiring
•legal - require compliance under threat of force
•physical - physical enforcement of compliance
•criminal - forced psychological change under direct supervision
preventing
•direct prevention - forced physical change or imprisonment
•removal - banishment
•existential - death
<hard (individual)>
Governments should prepare the hardest level they believe is sufficient for each particular case and then retreat toward only what is necessary :because they will always initially err on the side of control.