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The thrill of victory or the agony of defeat?

December 23, 2009 - 7:38 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Josh
2009-12-23 22:13:03

Prestige is a shorthand for legitimacy.

Ohhh, I dunno. Head of the administrative branch of the government can be a drab bureaucrat, he doesn’t have to read about himself in GQ. OK, hard for a drab bureaucrat to be elected, but isn’t that another matter? Conceivably a low prestige nerdy guy could be elected and hold strong legitimacy, I think.