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But a regime is more than simply a set of
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formal structures and institutions, okay?
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It consists of the entire way of life,
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the moral and religious practices, the habits,
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customs, and sentiments that make a people what they are.
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The regime constitutes an ethos, that is to say
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a distinctive character, that nurtures distinctive human types.
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Every regime shapes a common character,
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a common character type with distinctive traits and qualities.
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So the study of regime politics is in part a study
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of the distinctive national character types
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that constitutes a citizen body. To take an example of what I mean,