Kyllähän te Francis Fukuyaman tiedätte. Hän on yksi kaikkien aikojen tunnetuimmista poliittisen historian tutkijoista ja liberaalin demokratian teoreetikoista. Hänet tunnetaan esimerkiksi teoksista:
The End of History and the Last Man (1992)
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution (2002)
After the Neo Cons: Where the Right Went Wrong (2006)
The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (2011)
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Present Day (2014)
Fukuyamakin on jo jonkin aikaa julkaissut bloginsa Substack-alustalla, kuten niin monet tutkijat ja esseistit. Viimeksi hän pohti sitä, miten Yhdysvaltain presidentti on systemaattisesti ja laittomasti yrittänyt kaventaa kongressin valtaa ja kaapata sen tehtäviä toimeenpanovallalle, viime kädessä itselleen:
”Donald Trump has tried to expand executive authority in any number of ways. From Day One of his second administration, he has issued a blizzard of executive orders that have in effect usurped Congress’s legislative powers. In some cases he has acted under obscure legal powers, many of which were later found by the courts to be inappropriate. In other cases he has simply acted illegally or unconstitutionally. Among the many examples are:
Ending birthright citizenship;
His failure to spend money appropriated by Congress;
The closing of entire departments, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, that had been established by Congress;
Attempting to assert federal authority over election administration;
Using emergency powers to impose tariffs in an arbitrary and discretionary manner;
Firing federal employees protected by statute;
Launching a major war without seeking authorization from Congress.”
Kyseessä on Yhdysvalloissa vallitseva akateeminen keskitien näkemys.
04.08.2026
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