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But once each of these rival conceptions of legitimacy begins to align relatively neatly with the political advanta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 0 minutes ago
My off-the-cuff diagnosis is that incompatible conceptions of legitimate authority are embedded in our political tr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 minutes ago
When legitimacy breaks down, authority starts to disintegrate into mere power. But there's no civil way to adjudica… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 14 minutes ago
The legitimacy of political authority is a bit like money. Money is money because people agree that it's money. If… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 19 minutes ago
Many conservatives want to deny it, because they have a different implicit model of legitimacy. But intractable dis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 24 minutes ago