The Good Fight The Good Fight Club: Trump's Firings, Reinventing Liberalism, and the Rise of AI
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Aug 16, 2025 
Join Sabina Ćudić, a Bosnian politician; Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist; and Francis Fukuyama, a political scientist, as they tackle pressing political issues. They delve into Trump’s firings and their implications for civil service. The group also discusses the need to rejuvenate liberalism in a populist age and how AI is reshaping society. The conversation ventures into the intersection of governance and ideology, emphasizing the importance of diverse perspectives in addressing contemporary challenges.
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Bureaucracy Versus Favoritism
- Modern states rely on professional, meritocratic bureaucracies rather than favoritism toward friends and family.
- Fukuyama warns of 'repatrimonialization' where leaders revert to appointing loyalists over experts.
Human Social Models Clash With Institutions
- Humans favor kinship, dominance, and reciprocity over impersonal institutions by default.
- Pinker argues institutions of role-based accountability are unnatural but essential to liberal societies.
Liberalism Never Left Her Country
- Sabina says concepts discussed at the conference never left countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- She describes liberals in her country as defending values on the front line without a supportive 'army' behind them.
