Proposal: 4 axis model for classifying regimes for analyzing / predicting them. Axis 1: Power holders - Single, Group, Mass Axis 2: Power openness - Hidden, Open Axis 3: Formality - Formal, Informal Axis 4: Ruling cohesion basis - Priest, Warrior, Merchant
Singapore was openly informal in that LKW was the King but never had the title. FDR's USG was openly informal in that he was the single leader but the structure was whomever he favored regardless of formal title.
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Power is diffused in the US system but there's no formality to it - no one has superiors that he answers to - no rank and structure. Formal (+hidden) is "well, he's technically not the king but everyone knows that x answers to y who answers to z and z is responsible for outcome"
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