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Trump & the Problem with Politics

Hello lovely patrons! Here's a new episode where I talk about the US election and criticisms of liberalism. I'm a bit lukewarm on this one to be honest, the script was very hard to distill and if I had more time I'd have liked to do another draft. So let me know what you think!

Trump & the Problem with Politics

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Did you watch CGP Greys latest video on "The rules for rulers"? It was based on "The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alistair Smith. It argues how ruling is generally mostly about staying in power. Which you do by paying off the people letting you stay in power. Where the difference between dictatorships and democracies is mainly how large the coalition of essential supporters you have to pay. The difference between ideologies to them would be only who you've decided to construct your coalition form. In the same manner they would explain exluding groups to decrease the number of people you have to appeal to, to get to power. I thought it was interesting how it mirrored the theory of that power is mainly about sustaining itself that you talked about some months ago. Do you think it's compatible with Smiths view, or is something lost when you reduce ideology to whose back you want to scratch?


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