3/4: The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era (X) Paperback – by Gregory R. Copley (Author)
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3/4: The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era (X) Paperback –
by Gregory R. Copley (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Noble-State-Governance-Options-Ignoble/dp/1892998173/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LV80LP9FHKZI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pvXWpnq6EPCJu8yxYv54rQl1egBC1ybVBcHGeoLy6pj3WBxV7NKmVH2fuCDu-3cWJ6CeAlYZg8veoruaAhnB3b-rHyiJ4lGFtecSy3a-bj4Msc3dhuT5nPZip6kPggiuBNC1kwvPssKIqe9ZYDfWmyutJkGCtYMIStFjQaLt8zJJL1iuSdBdvdHOPOsnmQB8WjWAREnv2Djztd9tZl6RWPbI5l5ojJp9rl_JYxlB4oE.TIm-eCLeUcGiTuwK6YG5UCQd4DVmiCySTSMjtqugV3Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=gregory+copley&qid=1741385652&sprefix=GREGORY+COPLEY%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-1
Award-winning Australian strategic philosopher Gregory Copley, in his 37th book, argues that without nobility of leadership, a society cannot have the self-possession to accept nobility in itself. And without nobility of purpose and ideals, a nation-state cannot acquire the prestige and authority it needs to project its influence onto the global stage. But what constitutes nobility and the resultant leadership which brings prestige and influence? How does prestige create the deterrence and power projection to enable militaries to — as Sun-tzu said — win without fighting? What forms of government are best suited to the long-term embedding of nobility — and therefore stability — in governance? Copley looks at the power, now reviving, of modern constitutional monarchies, and how republics can learn from them in an age when all are combating autocracies and totalitarianism.
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batson, happily with my colleague and friend Gregory Copply. |
| 0:07.0 | His new book, The Noble State, Governance Options in an Ignoble era. |
| 0:12.0 | The story so far, 250 years ago, it's a round number. |
| 0:17.0 | There was a trend in the world, and it was talked about admiringly and curiously from |
| 0:24.3 | Europe, a republic, if you can keep it. |
| 0:27.4 | That's a quote from Ben Franklin. |
| 0:29.5 | I've always been thought that that was a high point. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm beginning to wander. |
| 0:34.5 | Gregory, you observe at that point the United States had a constitution, |
| 0:41.4 | and then it had the peace of Paris in 1783, and there was a need to transform the state |
| 0:48.6 | from a confederation into a federal republic. That underwent a lot of debate was passed eventually, |
| 0:55.6 | and George Washington becomes the first president. |
| 0:58.8 | However, what happened then is that the country grew, |
| 1:02.5 | and you observe that the Constitution, |
| 1:05.3 | because it would become so difficult to change it, |
| 1:08.3 | froze the republic. |
| 1:10.2 | That was not a problem through the 19th century because we were |
| 1:13.2 | growing very quickly in the United States. It's become a problem now. Do I read you correctly? |
| 1:19.8 | Yes, up to a point. I think the Constitution is still the thing which holds the United States |
| 1:24.8 | together. And the Constitution of the United States was written in such a way, even with the amendments, that it, in fact, is the de facto |
| 1:32.6 | crown of the United States. It's above politics. There's been a constant attempt to politicize |
| 1:41.0 | and interpret the Constitution politically. And that's been to the detriment of the |
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