> A political culture that justifies violence as a tool against sovereign authority I think effectively makes a country ungovernable I mean that’s almost tauto

> A political culture that justifies violence as a tool against sovereign authority I think effectively makes a country ungovernable I mean that’s almost tautological, right? There’s only the barest of lines between “sovereign authority” and “governing”. The key is that you replace the authority with one that doesn’t justify violence. (Which I’m not saying is trivial, but lots of groups have done it reasonably well.)