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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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