I have shared this text about #PowerAsASourceOfLegitimacy before, but it went unnoticed back then, so I just do it again.
It is pretty much what is happening in the #USA. The #Trump - Junta is skipping all traditional forms of achieving #Legitimacy (because they suck at it) in favor of #Power.
Their Legitimacy is "because I say so" & people accept that because "it gets the job done". They think. But it totally doesn't.
If that power falters, so does all Legitimacy.
https://www.e-ir.info/2008/11/24/the-fourth-pillar-power-as-a-source-of-legitimacy/
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It is pretty much what is happening in the #USA. The #Trump - Junta is skipping all traditional forms of achieving #Legitimacy (because they suck at it) in favor of #Power.
Their Legitimacy is "because I say so" & people accept that because "it gets the job done". They think. But it totally doesn't.
If that power falters, so does all Legitimacy.
https://www.e-ir.info/2008/11/24/the-fourth-pillar-power-as-a-source-of-legitimacy/
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The Fourth Pillar: Power as a Source of Legitimacy
Max Weber's concept of legitimate authority rests on three principal pillars: tradition; legality; ideology.Tan Wei Kee (E-International Relations)
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And all out oppression too won't save that #Regime forever, as #History is pretty clear about that.
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