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'Gangsta King' is a term | 'Gangsta King' is a term originally 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 enlightenment liberalism. The term is meant to invoke names such as Gaddafi, Maduro, Putin, Xi, Assad or Kim Jong Un. | The term refers to rulers and leaders in the 21st century who — by their form of exercising authority, statehood, and sovereignty — go against universal enlightenment liberalism. The term is meant to invoke names such as Gaddafi, Maduro, Putin, Xi, Assad or Kim Jong Un. | ||
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=====Premodern sovereignty===== | =====Premodern sovereignty===== | ||
Mandate from Heaven. Divine right of Kings. Right by | Mandate from Heaven. Divine right of Kings. Right by inheritance. | ||
=====The break from premodern sovereignty===== | =====The break from premodern sovereignty===== | ||
Mercantile banks of Italy. Challengers of premodern rulers by change in material conditions. 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton. Hegelian/Zizekian concept of the fall. | |||
Machiavelli and Us, by Luis Althusser. | Machiavelli and Us, by Luis Althusser. | ||
Enlightenment and the Universal state. Open societies. | |||
=====Malign sovereignty - The so called tyranny and authoritarianism===== | =====Malign sovereignty - The so called tyranny and authoritarianism===== | ||
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The term is also meant to invoke a critique of the established view on tyranny. | The term is also meant to invoke a critique of the established view on tyranny. | ||
Draconic law. Julius | Draconic law. Julius Caesar, book by Parenti. | ||
Dialectic between oligarchy and tyrant. Cultural revolution. The red terror. | Dialectic between oligarchy and tyrant. Cultural revolution. The red terror. | ||
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