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pscot

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1. i can't follow Weiner's logic here

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:48 AM

Dec 2016

I get his point, sort of, but his argument escapes me. At one point he references Aristotle and De Tocqueville, regarding the nature of communication between dictatorial authority and the Polis. The De Tocqueville link leads to a table of contents. How that bolsters Weiner's thesis remains obscure. That's the way his whole essay strikes me.

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i can't follow Weiner's logic here pscot Dec 2016 #1