,! ,DELEGITIMIZATION ( ,DEMOCRACY 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,WILLIAM ,GILLIS 

,TEXT 3 

,!RE'S A NUMB] ( FOLK CELEBRAT+ ! COLLAPSE ( ! LEGITIMACY ( ,U,S CIVIL 9/ITUTIONS 9 ?IS ELECTION1 BUT REGRETTABLY IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE AS DE-LEGITIMIZE ! /ATE & PRE/O AN>*ISM4 ,LIB]AL DEMOCRACY IS AN 9COH]5T1 ULTIMATELY UN/ABLE & UNSU/A9ABLE SY/EM1 BUT !RE >E MANY MORE /ABLE CONFIGURATIONS ( SOCIETY & A LOT ( !M >E F> MORE DY/OPIAN4 

,\R /RONGE/ CRITIQUE AGA9/ LIB]ALISM IS NOT ?AT ITS F\ND$ UPON HORRIFIC1 UNNECESS>Y & 9TOL]ABLE VIOL5CE -- AL?\< IT IS -- BUT ?AT IT IS 9SECURE AGA9/ SL[ ROLLS OR SUDD5 DESC5TS T[>DS GREAT] AU?ORIT>IANISM & FRACTI\S CIVIL W>4 

,:5 ! CIVIC RELIGION ( A C\NTRY WI!RS & ! TREATY ( LIB]AL DEMOCRACY IS REVEAL$ AS NO?+ MORE ?AN PAP]1 :AT IS MO/ (T5 RELEAS$ IS ! MASS ( FASCI/IC PR$ATORS :O HAVE GR[N FAT SL[LY NIBBL+ ! DEMOCRACY'S FLE% FROM )94 ,! /ATE SURVIVES ON TOP ( A MU* BROAD] ECOSY/EM ( SOCIOPA?IC P[]-SEEK+ ?AT IT 5C\RAGES4 ,IT P[]S ITSELF ON ! FUEL ( CON/RUCT$ T5SIONS & CONTE/ANTS = P[]1 =CES ?AT CAN BUR/ \T ( ITS CONTROL EXPLOSIVELY4 ,! COLLAPSE ( A DEMOCRACY IS MO/ USUALLY A RECONFIGURATION ( P[]1 H>DLY EV] ITS ABOLITION4 

,?AT IS NOT REMOTELY TO SUGGE/ ?AT AN>*I/S /OP OR %[ TIMIDITY 9 \R EF=TS TO DELEGITIMIZE \R CURR5T /ATE1 BUT RA!R ?AT WE MU/ /AY /EELY-EY$ AB\T ! 9CR$IBLY H>D WORK TO PREP>E = SU* A COLLAPSE & SURVIVE IT1 MU* LESS GUIDE IT4 

,:5 ONE MORN+ 9 #aicf ! PRESID5T ( ! ,SECOND ,SPANI% ,REPUBLIC CALL$ HIS M9I/]S1 HIS ASSI/ANTS & SECRET>IES & F\ND ?AT !Y HAD ALL AB&ON$ !IR PO/S -- HIS GOV]NM5T DE FACTO DISSOLV$ LIKE A SILLY DREAM -- ! PEOPLE ( ,SPA9 W]E ALREADY BUILD+ B>RICADES & RAID+ ! >MORIES4 ,EI!R = ! FASCI/S OR = ! AN>*I/S4 

,WE LO/ ?AT W>4 

,9 P>T BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET TO *OOSE ITS \TSET4 ,& W]E NOT READY = ITS VICISSITUDES4 

,!RE >E PRES5TLY F> F> F> MORE ,TRUMP BR[N%IRTS 9 ?IS C\NTRY ?AN !RE >E AN>*I/S4 ,AN 9SURRECTION BY :ITE SUPREMACI/S & POPULI/ AU?ORIT>IANS AGA9/ A ?OR\<LY CORRUPT & TOTALIT>IAN E/ABLI%M5T LOOK+ = ANY EXCUSE TO SUPPRESS ALL DISS5T IS A CONFLICT WE >E ILL-PREP>$ TO LEV]AGE TO \R ADVANTAGE4 ,?IS IS A PLA9 & UNCONTE/ABLE TRU?4 

,OBVI\SLY \R /ATE MU/ FALL4 ,DEMOCRACY MU/ BE REVEAL$ AS ILLEGITIMATE4 ,BUT !SE GOALS MU/ HAPP5 ON \R T]MS4 ,& !Y >E NO:]E NE> SUFFICI5T CONDITIONS = AN>*Y TO FL\RI%4 ,:5 !Y >E BR\<T AB\T ON SOMEONE ELSE'S TIMETABLE WE %\LD BE CONC]N$4 

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