You don't think that has anything to do with armament imbalance? Put all the guns or all the swords or all the nuclear bombs in the hands of one set of people a

You don't think that has anything to do with armament imbalance? Put all the guns or all the swords or all the nuclear bombs in the hands of one set of people and sure you'll have peace from the de-armed populace... but you'd better do what the guy with the gun says to do.