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Montesquieu-derived design in which executive, legislative, and judicial branches check one another.
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separation of powers
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Right? So, free labor just allows for more economic activity, and therefore, more wealth generation in society. All right? So, these are two competing..."
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The Constitution is treated as America’s attempt at the most perfect government: a clean-slate synthesis of republican, democratic, monarchical, and aristocratic precedents through Montesquieu’s separation of powers.
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"Right? So, free labor just allows for more economic activity, and therefore, more wealth generation in society. All right? So, these are two competing..."
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"...was a French thinker who believed in the idea of separation of powers. If you want to create a perfect government, you need to..."
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"Each is meant to inhibit the overextension of the other. That is the American system of government that is basically stolen from Montesquieu. All..."
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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