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法则1 : 让你的致胜联盟越小越好。一个小规模的致胜联 盟使领导人只需依赖极少数人就能保持权位。越少的不可或缺 者相当于领导人拥有更多控制权，对支出的自由裁量权也越大。

 法则2 : 让你的名义选择人集团越大越好。保持一个很大 的选择人集团你就能很容易地替换掉致胜联盟里的捣蛋分子, 无论是有影响者还是不可或缺者。毕竟，一个很大的选择人集 团提供了充足的替代支持者，让不可或缺者时刻谨记必须保持 忠诚、规规矩矩，不然就会被别人取代。
Rule 1: Keep your winning coalition as small as possible. A small coalition allows a leader to rely on very few people to stay in power. Fewer essentials equals more control and contributes to more discretion over expenditures. Bravo for Kim Jong Il of North Korea. He is a contemporary master at ensuring dependence on a small coalition.
 
Rule 2: Keep your nominal selectorate as large as possible. Maintain a large selectorate of interchangeables and you can easily replace any troublemakers in your coalition, influentials and essentials alike. After all, a large selectorate permits a big supply of substitute supporters to put the essentials on notice that they should be loyal and well behaved or else face being replaced. Bravo to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin for introducing universal adult suffrage in Russia’s old rigged election system . Lenin mastered the art of creating a vast supply of interchangeables.
第一次看中文版觉得很突兀，因为后三个法则都有相应例举，但前两个没有。找来原文对比果然是删节了。大家自己看原文...hhh本以为是提到了本朝，结果还不是.....一个辱老大哥，一个辱小弟