Irresponsibility
I’ve been picking on Nyan a lot recently, mostly in a positive way. Here’s a little more: The Mandate of Heaven is the correct theory of legitimacy. Period. — Nyan Sandwich (@nyansandwich) November 1,...
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Eliezer Yudkowsky on the nonlinear dynamics of democratic legitimacy: The actual number of people who have theistic respect for democracy doesn’t matter. I suspect it’s a lot lower than it used to be...
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At Vox (some Yule cheer): Political scientists have long known that “government legitimacy,” or the popularity of particular administrations, is going down. But many of them have argued that “regime...
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Who thinks the world is getting better? 6% of Americans4% of Brits3% of French#sheesh pic.twitter.com/sevRFoUu9c — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 15, 2016 Assuming that the Mandate of Heaven is always...
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