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Well, Land refers to your neck of the woods more than the U.S.A. For example, Singapore gets a big thumbs up.

frank has proposed that the ascendancy of Trump is an outcome of the processes discussed by Nick Land, whose essay is available here.

Are you saying that Land's thesis is germane to the attempts of the present administration?

That is a lot to gather from my modest comment.

I am not seeing a lot of references to Rousseau's or Land's actual statements In the comments as yet. Will this be forthcoming?

I live here and i don't know what precedents are helpful at this point. The proposed changes involve the fortunes of my family and friends. Your quest...

I don't think so. In the past, there was a general agreement among the Branches that the shit had hit the fan before such a move. And a lot of that in...

The Executive Branch has the prerogative of writing orders that many times are challenged by Judicial Branch objections. These can come from both Fede...

It is a place for Trump apologists to try out their messages. Perhaps it makes them stronger but sometimes they stop saying particular things.

The freeze upon funds is happening in real time. That is what some courts are opposing.

What that screed fails to observe is that many actions are being taken that have consequences for actual operations in real time. That is different fr...

This just in from DOGE: A consistent pattern in the executive decisions is that the means of finding out what happens because of them are being elimin...

Your view does not include the parts of Nietzsche that recognizes he was a member of the tribe he railed against. The irony of being a philologist who...

What?

To hell with that. You have just undermined the authority that could promulgate such an assurance.

The mention of a mandate that overrules the preferences of a minority.

I am guessing from this screed that you have little interest in the topic of individual liberty that occupied your forebears.

Then I don't see the importance of insisting upon the essay being germane.

The Australians have left the building.

I am going to hang on until at least the chapters involving Aristotle. I have been distracted by an invasion from nowhere, if the descriptions are to ...

It does. But how does that element relate to the description of power that Land lays out?

I have my own experiences with divergence and all these different polities being discussed here directly involve my life as I understand it happening....

In one moment, you stand outside of Land's thesis, at another you argue from it. Pick a lane.

He said they had a 'natural' morality, as depicted in the quote given here Then we are going to have to compare what those people actually said.

I take your point that the thesis is not based upon "classic" sources. So far, the argument seems to be presuming that all consent is manufactured and...

Where does Rousseau say that? As the matter relates to Land's thesis, Land seems to be making the same mistake of Oppenheimer in his The State. The so...

Well, Niccolo wrote two centuries before Jacques and Robert wrote 3.5 centuries after. Locke is part of the "natural man" debate in which Rousseau and...

I got it by using Google Scholar, Try clicking from this search page. The essay is third one down the list.

You are probably thinking of Hobbes. He is the thinker Nick Land sets over against Rousseau in his essay: The Dark Enlightenment. For example, This po...

Yes, I am a fan of both book and movie. The book captures that "don't worry, everything is under control vibe" of the late Soviet era.

I don't think so. I only remember he has spoken approvingly of Viktor Orbán's struggle against the EU and NATO.

Do you share the enthusiasm of your man Viktor Orbán for the "current president"?

I don't think the Constitution will be brushed aside but that considerable damage will occur while the Boy's Club has free rein of the White House. I ...

Bad outcomes will put pressure on the GOP. Continuing the theme of the relationship between States and Federal budgets, there was a quick response to ...

People care a lot about the rule of law as it pertains to their situation. Those who believe that the election was stolen from Trump in 2020 saw the s...

I think Congress will eventually fight to get the power of the purse back. The loss of institutional knowledge and structure, however, will take decad...

The morel of the story.

Time is a critical factor. If the push to remove personnel through massive buyouts allows a budget to pass that does not include certain costs, future...

Thanks for underlining this aspect. Knowing many excellent government workers, their sense of service in exchange for gain they could have had elsewhe...

The agencies and bureaus are established through law whereas DOGE has sprung directly from Trump's forehead.

Would you grant that your example of willful unaccountability of an agency, which is supposed be overseen by Congress, is different than the motives b...

In this case, Hamilton is addressing decisions that the Executive makes and does not want to own.

I am not saying that DOGE amounts to a plurality of the executive. Hamilton was not saying having such councils were a sharing of power. He was arguin...

Hamilton was undoubtedly a proponent of a strong central government. The Federalist Papers hammers out a negotiation with those who opposed the idea. ...

On what basis do you say that? Read the Federalist Papers I linked to. Hamilton constantly contrasts the character of the Executive against the nature...

From where shall this anticipated efficiency emerge? In addition to violating the separation of powers established by the Constitution, the DOGE intro...

Yes, during corporate takeovers, eliminating duplicate functions and getting rid of unwanted functions is standard operating procedure. Firing FBI age...

I am surprised by the number here who support monarchy. The new executive is firing many people in the name of changing policy. Those mostly comprise ...

The changes and movements of people from the early Bronze age are significant. We don't have to go back as far as the emergence of the species.

Depends upon how far back you go.