Organizational CaseClaim Cited
Star Wars Empire
The Galactic Empire in Star Wars converts fear after institutional crisis into centralized rule, then makes domination repeatable through security offices, military logistics, standards, surveillance, and career incentives. Its organizational warning is not only the tyrant at the top: ordinary procedure can make violent power durable by translating suffering into compliance metrics and administrative problems.
How does authoritarian rule become durable enough that ordinary administrators reproduce it without receiving a personal command from the ruler?