hm which institutions are NOT loudly proclaiming their legitimacy right now? - US Military - Supreme Court - Police, partly - Old school businesses Hm Am I missing any big ones
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Just thinking about where stability currently lies using heuristic "if you have to protest that you have Authority you really probably dont"
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Big problem with the Trump administration is he trashed Presidential /auctoritas/ within a few months of taking office Whatever other political virtues he has the dude never learned how to wield or even possess /dignitas/ which I suspect is a cornerstone of legitimacypic.twitter.com/jatmkUiAj0
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Remember when everyone in eg old media was complaining about how hes Unpresidential Thats what they meant
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This translates to a problem if he wins again in the sense that i dont see him somehow attaining broad legitimacy in his second term Its not even hard to do,,,, if your not Trump Bougie people wanna worship the office He just cant play the role its never been in him
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So sucks for him but mostly sucks for everyone who wants a modicum of stability
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im not saying anything about democracy (??)
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Well You know the potestas vs auctoritas distinction right?
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