The alternative to having a violent ruling class is ... NOT having a violent ruling class. But people are so accustomed to hearing politicians and their BS centralized master plans, that the idea of actual freedom, where there ISN'T a master plan, where there are billions of individuals each figuring out and choosing their own lives, is unknown and scary to the. The "solution" is the exact OPPOSITE of any authoritarian "solution." It is getting mankind to understand and respect the concepts of non-aggression and self-ownership.