Editing Gangsta King

'Gangsta King' is a term originaly coined by Haz in a livestream that took place February 3rd 2023, titled "My GROUNDBREAKING political theory".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4CwXLCVKQs</ref>

The term refers to rulers and leaders in the 21st century who - by their form of exercising authority, statehood and sovereignty - go against universal enlightment liberalism. The term is meant to invoke names such as Gaddafi, Maduro, Putin, Xi, Assad or Kim Jong Un.


=== Theoretical underpinnings ===

===== Premodern sovereignty =====
Mandate from Heaven. Divine right of Kings. Right by inheritence.

===== The break from premodern sovereignty =====
Merchantile banks of Italy. Challengers of premodern rulers by change in material conditions. Machiavelli and Us, by Luis Althusser. 

Enlightentment and the Universal state. 

===== Malign sovereignty =====
After this break, it was no longer politically viable to go back to old forms of sovereignty in the eyes of liberalism.