De facto Systems: Defection and Prisoner's Dilemma
The main structural support for de facto systems is defection. In this instance I am referring to the standing set of rules that comprise citizenship in the Social Contract Theory which is the accepted model of government worldwide. Within this model are a set of primary and secondary laws. The primary laws are the rights of citizenship and the duties that one has to perform. The secondary laws are the codes that define the officials and procedures that are used to uphold the primary law. In de facto or criminal acts, usually elements of the secondary law usurp the right of the citizen. Hence this is a rule of force. The elements are usually the military or police. Impunity is usually sought from prosecution directly from the courts. If the de facto elements are free from any consideration of criminal or civil prosecution the operation will have room to expand until it is checked. In this instance the culture and resilience of the population are disintegrated as the operati...