> A gun, a hostage Those are direct use of force, not authority or power. > 51% voting majority Can still be undermined by civil disobedience, if we're talki

> A gun, a hostage Those are direct use of force, not authority or power. > 51% voting majority Can still be undermined by civil disobedience, if we're talking about society. Only a small minority in society (the police) use force to get you to submit. The rest submits to the authority of the law. A very small group can undermine the majority through civil disobedience, since they can outnumber the police very quickly.