Peter the great reduced the power of the boyars by

ending all plans for conquest and territorial expansion.
introducing the eastern orthodox religion to russia.
hiring european military advisers.
introducing a merit system of nobility.

He government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of bosses and their employers, the special interests. an invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. –woodrow wilson who or what does wilson believe is controlling the us government?