There is no alternative to the use of violence to secure dominion over territory

There is no alternative to the use of violence to secure dominion over territory, resources, trade routes, laws and institutions. The incentive to exit is not high enough to compensate for the incentives to bear costs in high investment commons communities. period.

Sovereignty, Liberty, Freedom, and Prosperity(consumption) are the product of the organized use of violence to obtain, hold, and construct a sovereign order in competition with nonsovereign orders.