Creation is the source of legitimacy
Questioning the "Original Conditions of Politics" Hannah Arendt, "On Revolution" | Good Book, Good Day
How did the new constitution gain legitimacy?
In America, which has cut itself off from the European tradition, it cannot rely on external absolutes (God, church, etc.) in politics
The act of "founding" a new one that lasts is a source of legitimacy.
Japanese people do not have a sense of accomplishment that they founded the postwar system by themselves.
The authority created by the act of creation did not dwell in the postwar system.
Hannah Arendt. "About the Revolution"
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