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    It is not the case that The more completely authority is vested in one man, the worse off everyone is, including the despot himself.

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    • 1.A unified sovereign will can coordinate action and resolve collective action problems that deliberative bodies systematically fail to solve (Hobbes, Leviathan).
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    • 2.The security and predictability provided by absolute authority may produce greater aggregate welfare than the factional instability endemic to distributed power.
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    • 3.Hobbes demonstrates that the sovereign's self-interest structurally aligns with subjects' survival, since a dead or impoverished population cannot sustain sovereign power.
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    • 1.Plato's Republic argues that a philosopher-king, unconstrained by popular opinion, can govern according to genuine knowledge of the Good rather than majority ignorance.
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    • 2.If epistocratic rule by a wise single authority produces better outcomes than rule by the uninformed many, then vesting authority in one man is not necessarily worse for all.
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    • 1.A king is likely to look after his own advantage alone, neglecting the general welfare.
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    • 2.Neglecting the general welfare ultimately results in the weakening of the civitas.
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    • 3.A weakened civitas harms all members, including the ruler.
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