Cook's narrative looks a lot like a dictator's political propaganda: "Without us the world would turn into hell. Our centralized control, punishment, extortion

Cook's narrative looks a lot like a dictator's political propaganda: "Without us the world would turn into hell. Our centralized control, punishment, extortion, and dictatorship are the only way for all of us to survive. Otherwise the hell would let loose and y'all wouldn't want that. So, obey! Pay your share for our protection!" This is absolute classic and through the whole human history this was the main narrative for dictators to defend their position. The same goes in Russia, China etc. — everywhere there is a dictator, there is this exact rhetoric. They try to scare and paint themselves as the only barrier that protects paradise from hell.