No, oldlegodad, were you to become emperor, you would find yourself utterly dependent upon corruption to maintain your rule and, indeed, your very life. That is why the founders of the United States attempted to balance powers so that an emperor - or king - could not arise, and that is why the always perspicacious Dr Franklin expressed his doubts in his famous reply to a women who asked what form of government the Constitutional Convention had selected : «A Republic, [Madam,] if you can keep it». Alas, from the vantage point of 222 years, it looks like emperors all the way down, supported by just that type of corruption one would expect….
No, oldlegodad, were you to become emperor, you would find yourself utterly dependent upon corruption to maintain your rule and, indeed, your very life. That is why the founders of the United States attempted to balance powers so that an emperor - or king - could not arise, and that is why the always perspicacious Dr Franklin expressed his doubts in his famous reply to a women who asked what form of government the Constitutional Convention had selected : «A Republic, [Madam,] if you can keep it». Alas, from the vantage point of 222 years, it looks like emperors all the way down, supported by just that type of corruption one would expect….
Henri