Yeah ultimately its the governments ability to project force that coerces people into compliance hence the gun metaphor. And that ability literally comes from the mind control of the populace, specifically the useful idiots in the police and military. These people either believe in government authority or they are willing to accept a paycheck to do something they know is immoral.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun (Chinese: 枪杆子里面出政权) is a phrase which was coined by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong...popularized largely as a result of its prominence in Mao's Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (1964). [The Little Red Book]
Yeah ultimately its the governments ability to project force that coerces people into compliance hence the gun metaphor. And that ability literally comes from the mind control of the populace, specifically the useful idiots in the police and military. These people either believe in government authority or they are willing to accept a paycheck to do something they know is immoral.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_power_grows_out_of_the_barrel_of_a_gun