nishio I was thinking about “[Legitimacy is the most important and scarce I was thinking about “legitimacy through participation”, which means that in Japanese culture, “legitimacy through participation” has a lot of weight.
nishio Conversely, there is a slight downgrading of Legitimacy through performance, and terms such as “one-man president” The term “one-man president” is sometimes used. From the top-down cultural sphere, it’s like, “What are you talking about? Isn’t it obvious?” And it would be.
Words as Public Goods
kawahiii Then again, “legitimacy through continuity” also seems to be important. [I wonder if what Benedict mentioned in “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” might be a combination of continuity and participation?
nishio I notice that “legitimacy through continuity” is “following precedent”
- Bias of legitimacy in [Japanese culture
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