the narrow corridor, Daron Acemoğlu - James a. Robinson.

of 18 million population before war, 500.000 syrians die, over 6 million internally displaced, 5 million have fled the country.
where there is no law there is no liberty.
united arab ermirates gives out gender equality awards every year - everyone of them goes to a man! the first place in world to grant female suffrage was Wyoming in 1869, earning the nickname the equality state.
the state could not dominate society, society could not dominate state either. proggres by each was met with resistance and innovation by the other.
america in many ways was society of smallholders, nurturing both economic and political aspirations. norms of unwilling to accept despotic authority and ready to erupt into a rebellion.
stateless socities have developed norms and practices not just to control conflict but also prevent anybody from getting too strong.
sustained growth not just secure property rights, trade and investments but more critically innovation and continual productivity improvemets.
when the people are weak, the state is strong; hence the state strives to weaken the people.

Hobbes argues that a strong state (the Leviathan) is necessary to prevent societal chaos. Acemoğlu and Robinson challenge this, suggesting that liberty exists in a "narrow corridor" between an overly strong state (which leads to authoritarianism) and a weak state (which leads to anarchy). In this metaphor, society must be strong enough to keep the state in check, and the state must be strong enough to maintain order.
Turkey under President Erdoğan is used as an example of a country where the state has become increasingly authoritarian, undermining the freedom of its citizens and shrinking the "narrow corridor.”