> A tyrant and despot doesn't have to decrease your "martial capacity" but simply make sure theirs is more than yours. If a tyrant/despot secures control of eco

> A tyrant and despot doesn't have to decrease your "martial capacity" but simply make sure theirs is more than yours. If a tyrant/despot secures control of economic resources this isn't overly difficult. And one major way of doing this is by reducing your combat power, and by securing control over the means of providing defense. > Furthermore: rising up against a tyrant/despot is only possible if the population is very united; Historical counterexamples proliferate. > This will actually make benefits of being well armed a liability as now you have a tyrant/despot and also can't walk safely in your neighboorhood. Fortunately possession and carriage of armaments mitigates both those ills.