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Since I asked for it, I intend to reply to Reihan’s long immigration post. I’m totally not stalling! It’s just so long. In the mean time, let me ask a question about Reihan’s ideas on the “Fourth Way.”
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2 years ago
Then again, sometimes Reihan is the South Asian Tevye. "He's right and he's right? They can't both be right!" "You know: you are also right."
As for Reihan's actual argument: all the work in the second quote you pull out is done by the word "determined." Of course our underlying political theory of legitimacy is majoritarian: that's why the Constitution begins, "We the People" and not, "I, Solon." But it is usually considered a very bad sign for a political system when the mob takes it into its head to actually rule, regardless of how the authorities respond to that determination by the mob. We are, thank God, no where near that level of determination. So why start thinking politically as if we are?
2 years ago
Noah, Thanks. Rings true about Reihan. But I don't think you can say our underlying theory of legitimacy (insofar as there is such a thing) is majoritarian just because the Constitution starts "We the people," since the whole thing embodies the very vision of an anti-majoritarian political system. It is carefully designed to keep majorities from getting their way, and we the people like it that way.
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Also, you're exactly right to say that his motives are obscure--I would go one further and say they're opaque.
Sounds to me like: 4th way = Fascism minus the racism and violence.
Perhaps that's why Salaam refuses to write clearly?