A Perfectly Cromulent Politics Blog
When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
Posted by Devin Johnston on April 21st, 2009
Having just finished my final exams for my second year of law school, I am pleased to return to blogging regularly. As some of my readers may know, my academic background prior to law school is in philosophy (I have noticed that this is true of many young people interested in politics). Early on in my academic journey, I started noticing that many people hold political views that correspond with particular philosophical views. Perhaps this is unsurprising, insofar as a one's philosophical views reveal a great deal about one's character and mode of thinking, but I'm wondering whether others have made the same observation and the extent to which my observations hold true.
Posted by Devin Johnston on February 25th, 2009
Who will hold radical power in the post-statist world? This is a question that needs to be given serious thought in the coming years, as the answer to it will define the structure of human societies for the next era. First, I must clarify the meaning of the question. Power is meant in its ordinary sense. All people, institutions, and organizations hold power in varying degrees. I have power in virtue of my free will. Canada has even greater power than me because it has an army and a policy force. I use the word "radical" as in "root" from the Latin radix. Radical power is the ultimate source and wielder of power in a society. In a modern liberal democracy, the holder of radical power is the state. This has not always been the case and is not uniformly the case throughout the world.
