Wars require institutional alignment and eschatology; one man cannot simply control a country into war.
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Wars require institutional alignment and eschatology; one man cannot simply control a country into war.
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Jiang defines republicanism as the separation of kingly powers into elected institutions rather than individuals.
The republic is defined as laws, history or traditions, and institutions; Romans no longer obey the king but the republic.
He answers Celine that the president is not very powerful because American power is diffused through institutions, and corrupt institutions leave little that the president can fix.
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"...a long -term strategy because you need so many different organizations institutions parties involved in a war okay a war means a fundamental restructuring..."
"...that way a country is controlled by different vested interests different institutions these institutions have to align together in order for something to happen..."
"...the answer is because there are different factions there are different institutions who cannot align together on how to respond to the Americans and..."
"...do is they separate his powers not into individuals but into institutions that are now elected by the people. Okay? This is the heart..."
"The council's basically the head of the state. Okay? And again, he's elected. The judicial is run by the praetor. Legislator is the senate...."
"...a new system where the king's powers were divided among different institutions. And now, people didn't have to obey the king. They had to..."
"...Because, as Celine points out, power is diffused in America, in institutions. And if these institutions are corrupt, there's very little the president can..."
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