Justifications of the Powerful

Almost anyone who is not themselves a legalist or dictator knows well just how intolerable they are. I also would argue that deep down, they know they are and have a guilty conscience as well. But if that is the case, it leaves us with the question of how authoritarians manage to be okay with their own existence. How, as we say, do they sleep at night? That is what we will be discussing on today's episode.