In his latest book, Harvard professor Steven Pinker -- and many other thinkers before him -- concludes that one of the main drivers behind less violent societies is the spread of the constitutional state and the introduction, on a large scale, of the state monopoly on the legitimized use of violence -- legitimized by a democratically elected government, legitimized by checks and balances and an independent judicial system.
根据最新的一本 哈佛教授史蒂芬·平克所写的书—— 以及许多在他之前的思想家—— 都总结说 使暴力减少 的原因之一就是 国家法制化的盛行 以及大规模引入的 合法使用武力 的国家垄断—— 通过民选政府来合法化 通过政府之间相互制衡 以及独立的司法系统来合法化