" It’s legitimate for the police to use violence because they are enforcing the law; the law is legitimate because it’s rooted in the constitution; the constitution is legitimate because it comes from the people; the people created the constitution by acts of illegal violence. The obvious question, then: How does one tell the difference between “the people” and a mere rampaging mob? "

― David Graeber , The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy