The governmental structure of the state of Ohio is beholden to the people. The consent of the governed allows for the institution of government. Government cannot exist unless it is responsive to the needs of the people. The people provide taxes and support and play a very important role in directing governmental affairs.
All citizens could vote on matters of concern to the state
he is simply using a paradox to symbolize that technology controls society.
Peter the Great was a czar in Russia that did some extensive reforms in an attempt to make Russia great. He started a lot of wars but it was to expand his Tsardom and it worked. It became a major European power. He also led a cultural revolution that replaced the more traditional and medieval social and political systems into a modern one with modern science and based on the enlightenment. He founded and developed the city of St. Petersburg which was the capital of Russia until 1917.
Peter reorganized the Russian army and dreamed of making Russia a maritime power. He faced a lot of opposition to these policies at home and he brutally suppressed rebellions against his authority, including by the Streltsy, Bashkirs, Astrakhan, and the greatest civil uprising of his reign, the Bulavin Rebellion.
I think it was Cristian and something starting with r