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The American mixed regime lets local republican democracy coexist with national monarchical action through the president, while Senate approval checks favoritism in appointments.
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The American mixed regime lets local republican democracy coexist with national monarchical action through the president, while Senate approval checks favoritism in appointments.
Senate confirmation works in Jiang’s account because fear of public embarrassment and norms inhibit presidential favoritism more than formal rules alone.
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.
Jiang predicts Trump will seek a way to stay in power indefinitely because leaving office would expose him to prosecution and elite attack.
Jiang argues Haley would accept the vice presidency because it puts her one step away from the presidency and positions her to run as the Republican nominee four years later.
"Okay? So, this idea of a mixed, balanced government, where you are trying to take advantage of all political systems. Within America, it will..."
"I answer that the necessity of their cooperation with the government is to ensure that would have a powerful, though in general, silent operation...."
"Okay? The power of public opinion, it's very, very strong. But what's important is that on norms and values. As long as people buy..."
"Then the most likely outcome is a civil war. Okay? Does that make sense? So, any questions so far? Yeah. So, Celine asked a..."
"And the reason why is the moment he leaves office, he's going to be sued. He's going to be put in jail. He's going..."
"That's a trick he can use in 2028, okay? Because I guarantee you, the moment he steps into the White House, he's like, okay,..."
"...be vice president? Why? Because it's one step away from the presidency, do you understand? If anything happens to Trump, she's president. And in..."
America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
A dated May 2024 election model: Biden's 2020 coalition weakens, the suburbs become the hinge, and Trump can win by turning Nikki Haley from enemy into evidence that he has changed.
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