This is literary the show of power. Bismarck, by ignoring both the parliament and the constitution of the nation, undermined their authority which led to the weakening of the institution. Bismarck was though adapt at manipulating not only the government but also the public opinion of the masses through corrupt journalists and newspapers.
"B. the decline of monarchies" was not a remote cause of the outbreak of World War I, since many of the European countries that entered the war still had kings and queens.
