I then went on to describe how raison du monde - the doctrine by which 'global governance' regimes act in their own interests and ignore constraints of law or natural right - also frequently comes in a benevolent guise, for precisely the same reasons. In the absence of other justifications for the existence of such regimes that would secure their position, they frequently present themselves as acting to solve 'global problems' in need of 'global solutions.' This often requires problems to be framed as being impossible for one country acting on its own to solve for itself.
The principle difference between the State and global governance regimes in this regard is hence the target audience. Machiavelli's raison d'État was self-consciously based on the need to make sure the population remained loyal, because a big danger facing a ruler in early modernity was revolt. This imperative became much stronger as the centuries wore on and revolution became a serious threat to entire systems of rule (and people learned from the example of what happened in France that a modern monarch simply could not rely on divine right to maintain himself in power). Nowadays the matter is a lot more complicated, because of course the fear of revolution has been replaced by that of losing elections, but the underlying dynamic is similar.
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