Editing Gangsta King (section)

===Theoretical underpinnings===
The term serves as a serious political statement presented in a jocular manner, a running theme in Infrared thought, which (partly inspired by Zizek) considers memes a serious conveyer of meaning. 

=====Premodern sovereignty=====

* Mandate from Heaven. 
* Divine right of Kings. 
* Right by inheritance.
* Metaphysical legitimisations of power structures
* The ways of tradition ruled
* The right of kings was not called into question

=====The break from premodern sovereignty=====
The beginning of the end for premodern politics started in the citystates of Italy. In Italy, forms of accumulation began to emerge that operated outside the feudal order. One such system was the various mercantile banks during the 14th and 15th centuries. Families like the Medicis began to delegitimize hereditary or religious claims to power by simply growing their wealth and influence. This material change correpsonded to a shift in the arena of political theory. The french theorist Luis Althusser (foundational to infrared thought), considered The ''[https://apeiron.iulm.it/retrieve/handle/10808/4129/46589/Machiavelli%2C%20The%20Prince.pdfThe Prince]'' by Machiavelli "the first materialist political philosophy"<ref>Luis Althusser, Machiavelli and Us, 1999</ref>. This is because Machiavelli described relations of power through a non-metaphysical lense.  

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton. Hegelian/Zizekian concept of the fall. 

After the enlightenment, the ancien regime could no longer legitimize it's own claim to power. Instead we saw the rise of 'universal politics' where everyone '''by law''' and in a contractual manner was considered an equal participant of state politics. Open societies. 

This gives way to contradictions when material conditions assert themself over the pure form of liberal politics. For example, in western style democracies, we all have the true right to vote, but power itself is somewhere else; Deep states, oligarchies and burocracies. 

=====Malign sovereignty - The class based dialectic between Oligarchy and Sovereigns=====
In todays age, all forms of sovereignty not carried out in the liberal form are considered malign and illegitimate (which literally means 'not approved by law') in the eyes of the liberal establishment. Some even go so far as to claim that all forms of non-liberal government are fascistic; One example being leftists/anarchists calling the Soviet Union or China [[red fascism]]. The more popular one however, is the accusation of authoritarianism or tyranny.

''''Gangsta Kings'''<nowiki/>' break the rules of liberalism by concentrating their power in non judicial forms, which allows them to challenge and crack down on the oligarchs oppressing the people, dialectically making the average individual more free. The dialectical relationship in question is that centralization on one level neccesserily corresponds to a decentralizaton on the other. In its modern socialist context the topic has been addressed in the Infrared vision videos: "''Stalin: What They Don't Teach You in School''"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rSWhSBmfMA</ref> and "''The Unknown Cultural Revolution''"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gG6zzHy48w&t=</ref>.

This '''class based dialectic''' is well established in history. Machiavelli mentions in ''The Prince'' how local lords oppress their subjects, while powerful kings can be uplifted by the people as saviours<ref>Machiavelli. ''The Prince''. Chapter IX, X, XXVI.</ref>. In Michael Parentis work ''The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of ancient rome''<nowiki/>', he expands upon the class struggle in ancient rome between the people, represented by Julius Ceasar, and the elites, who eventually murdered him.<ref>Michael Parenti. ''The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of ancient rome.'' 2003</ref>