(1) Authority is established by force, violence, and/or conquest.
(2) All sovereign power is held by the conquerer (king) and his descendants.
(3) People are not equal; rather set in classes; all "subjects" to the king.
(4) The entire country is considered property of the king.
(5) Governmental power is from top down; not people up.
(6) The people have no unalienable rights; the king can giveth and/or taketh away.
(7) Governmental rules are set by the whim of a few, not by fixed rules of law.
(8) The king gives edicts and enforces them with tyrannical control.
(9) Problems are solved by more edicts and generally more taxes.
(10) Freedom is never looked upon as a viable solution to anything.
(11) History of Ruler's Law is replete with bloodshed, terror, and on-going misery.
[Ref: W. Cleon Skousen, "The 5000 Year Leap, A Miracle That Changed the World," National Center for Constitutional Studies, 2006]
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