"Understanding just what made liberal values viable starting in the late 1700s, and why they were not before, will be crucial to their survival into the future." I'm hooked
My mind balks slightly at calling this "legitimation" (although whatever we call it, it seems a very useful concept). Is this a commonly accepted definition of "legitimation"?pic.twitter.com/NoZMXkqrYE
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I think I figured out what was bothering me. People often speak of elections as one of the key institutions conferring legitimacy in a democratic system. But that has little to do with demonstrating coercive power. Maybe at 2–3 levels removed? - 5 more replies
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Pls to substitute another phrase here? To make it more concrete and natural rather than abstract and supernatural?pic.twitter.com/2m0UrZvGiG
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Man you're crushing it in this article. These "of courses" are _totally warranted_, but only because you've done so much work to tee them up. Such great payoffpic.twitter.com/nnaTMu5FWo
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¿ “This is domination.” ?
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There’s clearly a component of domination here. But if I’m reading correctly, Cameron is pointing not just to the _existence_ of a social/pecking order, but to the fact that the order is cemented in everyone’s minds.
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