Low vs. high state capacity
Low vs. high state authority
HSC/LSA —> LSC/HSA
Needs a name. Banditification?
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What does it look like to be in the high-state-capacity low-state-authority quadrant? That doesn't seem like something that could actually exist in the real world.
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The US felt like that pre-9/11. The state did its job competently but otherwise left you alone.
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The Narrow Corridor has some discussion of these dynamics. Maps power of society vs state. "Paper leviathans" for those with assumed high authority, but no capacity to implement.
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"repatrimonialization" is the perfect word - memorable, rolls off the tongue, instantly know what it means
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I created some scenarios along these lines back in 2020:
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