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All government gets its power from the consent of the people it governs
The Affranchis wanted equal status with the French aristocrats.
The Affranchis wanted equal status with the French aristocrats.
The political culture of Texas has been described as a mix of individualistic and traditionalistic. An individualistic political culture tends to emphasize limited community and government intervention and is overall rather cynical about government. A traditionalistic political culture tends to have a very stratified class structure with government limited to a few who maintain the status quo.
If the nobles became more concerned about court life and status than about their own political power, the king would have an easier time governing happier people since the nobles wouldn't be preoccupied with their own political power.