Definition: System
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shwinnebego abandoned the definition.
note: I'm not trying to define the word "system," (any dictionary definition like "an ordered and comprehensive assemblage of facts, principles, doctrines" suffices for that).
I started with the premise that there is *a* system that consists of Obama, people with guns, and the institution (defined previously) that prescribes their obedience to him. We can define that I guess, and one of you can give it a name if you really want, but I don't think it's necessary
This attempt at defining System here has been abandoned.