Legitimacy comes from: Democracy, e.g., election as described by customs or laws Tradition, e.g., a monarch's son becoming the next monarch Charisma, e.g., a

Legitimacy comes from: Democracy, e.g., election as described by customs or laws Tradition, e.g., a monarch's son becoming the next monarch Charisma, e.g., a charismatic leader such as a tribe leader, dictators like Hitler, etc. The military junta currently running Burma/Myanmar has a lot of guns, but it is not legitimate.