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
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Eg: Imperial Rome started out as a democracy transforming into a monarchy, the mercantile elite edged out by fox Augustus where lion Caesar failed. Gradually, Imperial Rome realigned itself, reaching permanent rule by Lion with Vespasian.
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The underlying difference between America and China isn't the cohesion, but the kind of person ruling and being ruled. Whites aren't Chinese, so they produce drastically different societies.
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