one other way you can see the problem is how both ways of life (kings or electeds) normally have very, very strong guards against coups, ie you better succeed or else. And there too, the failure was absolutely spectacular https://bsky.app/profile/zatapatique.bsky.social/post/3la7vkntpsq2p
I think this is more true of the absolute monarchies on the continent than it is of the American constitution. By the late 18th century the monarch was seen as something of a check on parliament, especially from the perspective of the colonies who were not directly represented.
If anything, there is a disturbing tendency to increasingly identify a dictator-like figure with the people, espec in late 19th and early 20th centuries. See Schmitt, for instance.
I agree with your point, but democratic theory is rockier group for holding execs accountable than one might think.
It is interesting to me to really be digging in to charisma as a concept lately. That this word is essentially religious and this is where Weber picked it up from to discuss the trap of the charismatic leader having religious power is a reminder of the warnings that dude gave us quite a while ago.
Yeah, it's an important clarification that impeachment and the 25th aren't on the table because a significant percentage of Americans prefer Trump even now, when he's causing a recession while also going full fascist.
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I agree with your point, but democratic theory is rockier group for holding execs accountable than one might think.
This is still a democratic problem.