1Dime Radio Why Nothing Ever Changes (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)
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Benjamin Studebaker comes on 1Dime Radio to BlackPill us again on sobering realities of politics in America and other Western countries. We discuss some of the themes of his new book “Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies,” which discusses some of the themes that will be discussed in my upcoming book “Freedom to Change Nothing.” Benjamin Studebaker got his PhD in politics and international studies from the University of Cambridge, where he taught contemporary political theory and the history of political thought.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Plotting and Scheming in The Backroom
02:16 Legitimacy and Ideology: What People Miss
09:43 "Democracy" and "Authoritarianism"
28:54 Democratization Via Authoritarian Reform?
39:01 What makes Liberal Democracies "Legitimate"
48:27 China's Economic Growth and Challenges
51:21 The UK's Political Adaptation
01:04:02 Proportional Representation Debate
01:09:31 Capital Mobility and Economic Challenges
01:22:36 Pragmatism in Political Strategy
01:33:33 The Liberal Tradition in America
01:40:47 Limits of Trump's Bonapartism
01:49:22 The Limits of Language in Politics
01:54:51 The Myth of Unity
02:15:00 The Complexity of Political Factions
02:18:17 The Power of Myth and Sorel's Rational Kernel
02:26:15 Deep Pluralism of Liberal Democracies
02:50:05 The Decline of Labor Unions and the Bitter Pill of Globalization
02:59:15 Hope is Cope! Make Friends!
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