This is very different than these absolute kings who can send out their armies, can run by their minions to squish whomever they want like grapes whenever there's trouble.

这就跟专制君王截然不同,这些统治者可以肆意调动军队,驱使麾下的兵卒像踩扁葡萄一样消灭敌人,哪里有骚乱,哪里就会有他们的身影

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Given the very different route that Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden and France went with a centralization of absolute rule, why did it work out so differently for England/Britain and the Netherlands?

在选择政体时,当普鲁士,奥地利,俄国,瑞典,法国,都伴随着中央集权走上绝对主义国家的道路,为什么英国和荷兰会如此与众不同呢

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The phenomena is known as "emotional contagion, where if you're facing somebody, for instance, and they're they look at you in a face of absolute rage, it is very difficult to just sit there without your own face molding in accord to their own.

这种现象就是情绪感染，例如，你看着某人，他们怒气冲冲看着你，你很难只是坐在那里,不去回应他们的愤怒。

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