Inchoate meta politics. Events of the last few weeks have produced a cleft between the Presidency's _potestas_ and its _auctoritas_ /1
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The Presidency, though, still held tremendous numinous power somehow. Which is why people freak out about (eg) the Nordstrom tweet: /4
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using Presidential auctoritas to bash a private firm would be an awful abuse. But no one respects Trump, and so I think the ultimate /5
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effect is that we collectively shrug at the Presidency. Trump's legacy might be stripping the office of both auctoritas and dignitas. /6
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The desirability and reversibility of this outcome are unclear to me. /fin
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@mikeduncan curious what you make of this thread; and thanks for putting me on the road to thinking about it regardless! -
where would i find a good definition for the auctoritas, dignitas, and potestas beyond mere translation?
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the wikipedia entries aren't bad here, tho I'm ashamed to say I have nothing better off the top of my head
@mikeduncan
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