Enforcing Will

When you tell people what to do, at the point of a gun, blood will follow... especially when these people don't consider themselves citizens of your country. Unfortunately, this is how states function and it would be nothing less than utopian to expect an end to these atrocities. Whether its arming dictators, establishing coups, preparing for war or even trivial matters like putting potheads in jail, there will always be resistance. In your life, if you want people to listen to you, or if you want people to do as you tell them to, you negotiate, you trade, you enlighten, you interact. You do NOT put a gun up to their heads. Why wouldn't these same policies work within collectivity? We use reason at the individual level, we should not be using guns at the collective one.