13. your text states that the emperor gave up on the idea of a conscript (forced/drafted) peasant army
and instead ordered local leaders to create militias. it then states this will later erode the
emperor's power. how could it?

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario