Sovereigns do not have moral or other constraints on international relations, except to defend nation and people {political realism}. Spying, warring, killing, and other actions are correct if necessary to fulfill obligations.
Unified influential minorities always rule political systems {ruling elite hypothesis}. However, this hypothesis is not true, because political leaders always conflict.
Government rules by governed's consent {compact theory}, an idea from ancient Greece.
States result from contracts {social contract, government}| that express collective group will to provide government services for the common interest. Perhaps, one's ancestors consented to losing some rights to gain security or other rights, and people today honor that contract. However, most people are not aware of such contracts.
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