The Despot and the King

CNN–South Korean and U.S. forces have been placed on a higher surveillance alert level, after North Korea threatened military action following its nuclear test earlier this week, the joint forces announced today.

Malchut/Royalty the last of the Ten Sefirot/Luminaries is responsible for creation; Malchut is the supernal speech that spoke creation into being from the Creator. Therefore kingdoms and kings proliferate on the earth, but what is the difference between a despot and a king?

The king has ultimate control over the people; the king can tax the people, induct them into the army and send them into war–seeking national security and independents the king can deplete the entirety of the treasury for victory. So what is the difference between a despot and a king?

It is well known in the Cabala that a king can not be a king without a people, therefore the king acts out of love for his people; the despot only thinks of himself.