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Hillary’s weakness: traditional & charismatic leaders attack her bureaucratic authority

By / 12 Comments / 9 May 2016

Summary: Hillary is the establishment’s nominee for the Democratic ticket by virtue of seniority, dynastic succession, loyalty to the 1%, and service in the State machinery. An elderly statesman, Sanders, challenges the power of these institutions’ bureaucratic authority by a call to follow traditional authority (unlike in the GOP, where Trump’s appeals with charismatic authority) …

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Max Weber explains Campaign 2016: we want a charismatic leader to restore America

By / 3 Comments / 23 May 2016

Summary: Past posts discussed the role of long-suppressed populism in the rise of Trump. But there are deeper forces at work, described a century ago by the philosopher Max Weber. Authority in America has passed from charismatic leaders to traditional leaders to bureaucrats (like Hillary and Jeb), as the Republic’s legitimacy drains away. Now comes …

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Re-envisioning the FM website, becoming soldiers in the war for American’s future

By / 33 Comments / 21 December 2009

Summary:  The FM website has changed in recent months.  This is an annoucement of that change.  This is what they call in serial fiction (e.g., TV,  comic books) a retroactive continuity (retcon). This site was born as one providing analysis.  It’s readers were not satisfied, demanding solutions — and rightly so.  After months of evolution, …

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The first step on the road to America’s reform

By / 97 Comments / 10 November 2012

This site has had many discussions about reforming America.   How to put us back on the path to security, prosperity, and freedom.  Recalling who we are.  The need is admitted by all, but the means — the process of reform — remains unclear. I have suggested several ways this can run, but none have been …

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