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what is international legitimacy?
it's an entirely made up and subjective concept. from my point of view i can't think what would be more legitimate than a league of democracies. the UN's own legitimacy is injured by the inclusion of dictatorships.
of course in the real world dictatorships need to be worked with, but let's not pretend that's a legitimising thing.
i'm not talking about fukuyama Al, i'm saying this guys book is a riposte / rebuke to fukuyama's infamous theory
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I question the legitimacy of western style modern democracy: in fact I brand it a bastard. Pluralistic party politics offer a mere veneer of legitimacy to a system that is in fact both corrupt and weak. Why is a league of nations afflicted in this way a good idea. It sounds like a wet 5lb haddock to me.