Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video outlines Carl Schmitt's most famous ideas such as why liberal democracy breaks down, the friend-enemy distinction, the principle of the sovereign exception and how parliaments have outlived their original usefulness.

0:00 Carl Schmitt and the Elite Theory Context
5:08 The Core of the Political: Friend vs Enemy
11:33 Sovereignty and the State of Exception
18:55 Liberalism's Attempt to Neutralize Politics
23:32 Democracy, Homogeneity, and the Demos
29:16 Technology and the End of Neutralization

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