About this episode

This episode explores the fragile foundation of state power and challenges conventional views on government strength.

We tend to think of a nation’s strength in concrete terms—the size of its military, the reach of its laws, or the stability of its economy. But this special audio documentary episode of Outrage Overload pulls back the curtain on the illusion of government permanence to reveal a terrifyingly fragile truth: what if the true foundation of state power is entirely invisible? We explore a provocative perspective on what actually holds a society together, challenging the idea that brute force or leg...

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Host: David Beckemeyer

Topics covered

• government legitimacy
• state power
• societal cohesion
• political theory
• media influence

Keywords

• government
• moral legitimacy
• society
• politics
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: When the State Loses Moral Legitimacy

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