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Looking at life through the lens for perspective. Common sense is not so common.
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The Constitution takes a back seat to Patrimonialism.
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The Constitution takes a back seat to Patrimonialism.
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#Patrimonialism promotes a sole leader to power who offers favors to loyalists to create stability. Attractive to societies with weakened institutions or where people seek direct protection, it sacrifices accountability & democratic norms, trading personal loyalty for broader democratic values.
February 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@barbmcquade.bsky.social
The Constitution takes a back seat to Patrimonialism.
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The Constitution takes a back seat to Patrimonialism.
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After cultivating people's perception and logic to a level of controlling thought output, those forces seeking to control the masses for their own benefit are now acting out those intentions in the forms of extreme policy, pendulum rhetoric, executive activism, & corruption beyond imagination. #USA
February 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After cultivating people's perception and logic to a level of controlling thought output, those forces seeking to control the masses for their own benefit are now acting out those intentions in the forms of extreme policy, pendulum rhetoric, executive activism, & corruption beyond imagination. #USA
The current crossroad is a choice between having dominant national governance with single branch concentration or the democratic values of local autonomy, citizen participation, separation of powers, and measures of accountability.
February 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The current crossroad is a choice between having dominant national governance with single branch concentration or the democratic values of local autonomy, citizen participation, separation of powers, and measures of accountability.
Federalism is fundamental. History has demonstrated that Centralism leads to an acute concentration of power/a lack of local autonomy/reduced citizen participation/higher risk of authoritarianism/less innovation- experimentation/uniformity over flexibility. constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...
constitution.congress.gov
February 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Federalism is fundamental. History has demonstrated that Centralism leads to an acute concentration of power/a lack of local autonomy/reduced citizen participation/higher risk of authoritarianism/less innovation- experimentation/uniformity over flexibility. constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...
Duke Skywalker!
January 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Duke Skywalker!
Check out this Policy paper for some food for thought, and a detailed application of anti-statism, personalism, & patrimony to the allure of Trump.
"...citizens see a government engage in real abuses of power... leaving the public little reason to trust the state..."
pir.fiu.edu/events/perso...
"...citizens see a government engage in real abuses of power... leaving the public little reason to trust the state..."
pir.fiu.edu/events/perso...
pir.fiu.edu
January 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Check out this Policy paper for some food for thought, and a detailed application of anti-statism, personalism, & patrimony to the allure of Trump.
"...citizens see a government engage in real abuses of power... leaving the public little reason to trust the state..."
pir.fiu.edu/events/perso...
"...citizens see a government engage in real abuses of power... leaving the public little reason to trust the state..."
pir.fiu.edu/events/perso...
#Patrimonialism can be fueled by an aversion to social heterogeneity, the exploitation of colonial institutional legacies, and the increasing absence of civilian control over the military.
January 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#Patrimonialism can be fueled by an aversion to social heterogeneity, the exploitation of colonial institutional legacies, and the increasing absence of civilian control over the military.
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"...the scandals and crises become a circular pattern, in that the public goes from one scandal to another only to begin at the beginning..." Sounds familiar...
"...the scandals and crises become a circular pattern, in that the public goes from one scandal to another only to begin at the beginning..." Sounds familiar...
December 28, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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"...the scandals and crises become a circular pattern, in that the public goes from one scandal to another only to begin at the beginning..." Sounds familiar...
"...the scandals and crises become a circular pattern, in that the public goes from one scandal to another only to begin at the beginning..." Sounds familiar...
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2020...
"...success lies in its ability to capitalize upon some of the deepest and most defining traits of the American public: The love of pageantry, the nationalism-disguised-as-patriotism, and the folksy origin tales..."
www.thecrimson.com/article/2020...
"...success lies in its ability to capitalize upon some of the deepest and most defining traits of the American public: The love of pageantry, the nationalism-disguised-as-patriotism, and the folksy origin tales..."
Too Bad ‘Wag the Dog’ Isn't Fiction; Or, What It’s Like to Live in 2020 | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
Totally absurd until it isn’t, the 1997 film “Wag the Dog” still manages to feel prescient despite its age and thematic distance from current American politics. In the realest sense possible, we are l...
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December 28, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2020...
"...success lies in its ability to capitalize upon some of the deepest and most defining traits of the American public: The love of pageantry, the nationalism-disguised-as-patriotism, and the folksy origin tales..."
www.thecrimson.com/article/2020...
"...success lies in its ability to capitalize upon some of the deepest and most defining traits of the American public: The love of pageantry, the nationalism-disguised-as-patriotism, and the folksy origin tales..."