The actual word, whether “King” or “President” or “Managing Director” begins to lose authority. Sometimes it can be reclaimed. Like when Philip IV took down Templars (an unaccountable, tax-free Europe-wide middle layer, a Deep State of its time) on trumped up (heh!) charges.
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But while we won’t have a CEO-President, “POTUS” will continue to grow increasingly frustrated as cyberpunk regionalism grows. Afaict there is no move available comparable to Philip IV taking down the Templars (that took a surprise military attack followed by fake heresy trials)
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OTOH the states do have a “Magna Carta” move... a constitutional convention. Used to be a red state idea but I suspect there might now be a blue state motive now too. Watch this space. It’s either this or armed conflict to resolve growing disequilibrium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Constitutional_Convention_of_the_United_States …
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One possible black swan way out — some new locus of real agency accidentally falls within Presidential scope by default restoring the balance. Like aliens landing on White House lawn and refusing to talk to anyone else. Or of course declared war (an increasingly obsolete idea)
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