Each of these characters represents one of the three axes of coercion. Put yourself in the center of a triangle with each of them at a corner, and try to achieve a consensus. This is the easiest way to understand the problem of political cooperation. Coercion isn’t possible, only exchange.
GHENGIS KHAN -- THOMAS JEFFERSON -- MOTHER THERESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VIOLENCE...........EXCHANGE............SUBSIDY RIGHT...............CENTER..............LEFT FATHER...............SON.............SISTER/MOTHER
