Fascinating summary of Fukuyama’s recent work in political theory by @vgr http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/07/16/the-weird-state-of-the-state/ … Resonates withhttp://meaningness.com/metablog/communal-vs-systematic-politics …
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@leashless@vgr and contrived war whenever the central planning begins to reveal the emperor has no clothes. so status quo-ism1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Yeah, this seems a cogent argument for the superiority of the status quo to previous alternatives, >
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the lack of credibility of the state is in full view of avg people b/c of the internet.
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yes, exactly
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The status quo is *highly* intelligent, as people who try to go stateless find out.
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It still is; but my lightly-held theory is that the cognitive skills to keep it running are decaying
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one lesson I took from FF is how strongly it endures. German state persisted unchanged since Jena, including 2 world wars
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Yes; otoh, he says that’s dependent on the systematic-mode university, which is under severe stress; >
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> and the internet is empowering anti-systematic forces in new and possibly overwhelming ways.
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I mostly ignored where he whines about univs. Mark of great analytical works: phone in 'reform education' action chapter at end
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