William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: "Modern Republicanism’s belief that the core role of government is instead to wield ...
"Modern Republicanism’s belief that the core role of government is instead to wield the power of the state to punish one’s enemies goes beyond myopic allusions to authoritarianism, fascism or caesarism to a premodern, pre-capitalist rival conception of government known as patrimonialism, in which the state is not meant to serve society but society is meant to serve the state — and the autocrat who runs it."
#Republicans #CommonGood #NaturalDisasters #authoritarianism
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