Losing Legitimacy

 Labrador Skeptic

@SaysSimulation

The Dynamics Of Losing Legitimacy

The ruling coalition is making a series of very bad mistakes. What they are messing up is the tradeoffs between Legitimacy, naked display of hierarchy, and force.

Traditionally, the US government has had a great deal of Legitimacy for most of the population. This Legitimacy was based on the Constitution, laws being equally enforced, and free & fair elections.

The Legitimacy produced two enormous benefits. Very few people would rebel. If those people did, other people in the Heartland and mainstream would stop the rebels on the basis of the law, the Legitimacy of government, and maintaining. So, the "elites" themselves didn't actually have to use any force.

There was an understood price. While things were never actually as presented, there had be a convincing appearance that the government was governing legally under the Constitution, that the laws were fair and evenly applied, and that elections were fair so the citizens ran the country through their freely elected leaders.

The ruling coalition is losing Legitimacy in the eyes of what I would argue is a majority of the American people, on a very rapid basis. Half or more of the country accurately saw & believes in the illegitimate election.

We're watching the ruling coalition make an absolute mockery of the rule of law. We're all seeing this together This creates two huge problems at the same time. One is the percentage of the population that is angry and resentful is soaring.

The other is that the other portion of the mainstream population is far less likely to work on behalf of the regime when it comes to forcefully putting down their fellow Americans.

This means the force has to come from somewhere - and I don't think the "elites" have it. Oh yes, they have a limited number of federal law enforcement. But not compared to the size of the nation, they are few.

If the ruling coalition were masterminds, or even good, or even not just active idiots, they would be doing everything possible to maintain the perception of Legitimacy in the eyes of as many Americans as possible.

Instead, they are doing the direct opposite.

They could have coasted for decades, by just tamping down the degree of election rigging, or kangaroo courts and lawfare. But, they're making major mistakes instead.

There is an acceleration of outrageous actions that is producing an acceleration of the de-Legitimization process.

Unforced errors. I do not look forward to what may be coming next, but our side is not the one forcing events (not yet, anyway).