The Best Political and Social Presentation That I Have Seen This Year
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The background is that Never Trumper Republicans formed the Bulwalk organization. Tim Miller is a frequent host. For the first time,
Jonathan Rauch is on the show.
The show starts with normal political observations. At 9:00, things gets fascinating fast. Jonathan Rauch describes the DT presidency as the patrimonial state as presented by Max Weber. Most governments in history were patrimonial. The king considered the entire realm as his. You see this is family businesses, gangs and cults. Remember Marlon Brando in the Godfather movie.
o run a large organization, you need rule based authority and expertise. What we see when DT is running things, there in endemic corruption and incompetence. Jonathan encourages critics to emphasize corruption. The Republicans had success in making noise about House Speaker Jim Wright and Hilary Clinton.
At 31:26, Jonathan Rauch turns to social considerations. Some years back, he wrote that society would be better off without religion, like Scandinavia. Now he see religion as necessary for value and meaning in life. You do not get this from the political world. The surprise is that Jonathan Rauch is a secular Jew.
Trump’s Term Is DOOMED! (w/ Jonathan Rauch)
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0:05 / 58:31•Trumpian Patrimonialismrump’s Term Is DOOMED! (w/ Jonathan Rauch)