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    It is not the case that An aristocratic government will be corrupted if equality among nobles is not maintained

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    • 1.Oligarchic competition among nobles can generate institutional checks that stabilize governance, as Machiavelli argued in the Discourses regarding Roman patrician conflict.
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    • 2.Enforced equality among nobles suppresses the ambition that motivates noble participation in government, removing the very energy aristocratic rule requires.
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    • 1.Hume's empirical analysis shows that durable aristocracies like Venice maintained stability through structured hierarchy among nobles, not equality.
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    • 2.If unequal nobles are still bound by shared interest in preserving aristocratic privilege against commoners, the ruling principle of moderation remains functionally intact.
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    • 1.The principle of aristocratic government is moderation
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    • 2.Inequality among nobles causes the nobility to abandon moderation
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    • 3.A government loses its proper character when its ruling principle is abandoned
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