Man, I just listened to @ezraklein interview @Yascha_Mounk on his podcast.
For a political scientist who writes a ton about American politics, Mounk *really* needs to reread his E.E. Schattschneider.
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The central insight from Schattschneider is that politics is not like an intercollegiate debate where the rules, norms, and boundaries are agreed upon in advance. Politics, rather, is about the mobilization of bias. Politics is about about power. (2/3)
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As far as I can tell, Mounk’s new publication/newsletter/community is constructed around the premise that politics *should be* like an intercollegiate debate. He wants to gather some wonderful debaters to show off just how nice that would be. (3/4, I guess)
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This is not a minor disagreement. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley LOVE the bland premise of liberal democracy as open debate. It lets them wield structural power unchecked by anything but the clucking of tongues. (4/5)
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Basically agree -- my column on the Tom Cotton op-ed made the same point: life is not a debating club.
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