Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Paul Krugman and Daniel W. Drezner said
government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.
CitesNiccolò Machiavelli
Their wordsGlobally, then, Trump is in exactly the opposite position of where Machiavelli said a prince should be: hated but not feared.
Their wordsIn Machiavellian terms, Trump is no longer feared, and he's definitely no longer liked. Instead, he is hated - which is the one thing Machiavelli stressed should be avoided at all costs.
Where this was said
↗Donald Trump Is No Longer Feareddanieldrezner.substack.com
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