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The Political Continuum
The first posts formed a miniseries about wisdom. This introduces a new miniseries about the political continuum based on Enlightenment conceptions of the social contract. I covered these in my election year journal, Pandering and Punditry, Entries #9-10. The ruling principle of authoritarian government can be summarized as “might makes right.” Representative government seeks the
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