Why is hegemony particularly useful for explaining how powerful groups can maintain social control without relying primarily on direct force?

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It explains how a worldview can become widely accepted as normal, including by less powerful groups.

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It assumes that people follow dominant rules because they fear formal punishment for violating them.

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It explains how social rules develop independently of institutions such as schools and the media.

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It explains how powerful groups can eliminate any competing beliefs from society.

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It explains how less powerful groups consciously agree to all the rules that are imposed upon them.

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