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by dragonwriter 2850 days ago
> The legitimacy is a function of sufficient supremacy than any moral rightness.

It's a function of popular acceptance (or at least acquiescence) which can acheived by any combination of perceived rectitude or overwhelmingly capacity (in practice, it's usually a blend of the two, and not just one or the other, in any stable state.)