Loyalty
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In the absence of government investment, local inhabitants’
loyalty
went to Iraqi Baathists who helped improve their lot.
Having detested Trump from the start, some have started to wonder whether his unique lack of
loyalty
to US diplomatic tradition might actually be a boon for peace.
They don't believe in
loyalty
or trust.
Even so, Clinton’s
loyalty
was not absolute.
Even Israel, which, despite its many obvious problems, has always had a robust democracy, is moving in this direction, with government ministers demanding proof of “state loyalty” from writers, artists, and journalists.
Instead there is a kind of paralysis - born of a mix of loyalty, fear, and indoctrination - as they grudgingly wait for Castro to expire.
Instead, the money was doled out to municipalities based on political loyalty, so poverty fell by only 3%.
That has meant subordinating meritocracy to kinship and loyalty, which has inevitably weakened the regime’s capacity to respond effectively to regional developments.
One of his most far-ranging insights was his framework of “exit, voice, and loyalty.”
Originally formulated after an experience with poor trains in West Africa, Hirschman realized that if a complex social system allowed people to leave (exit), its efficiency might deteriorate; a better solution would be to retain people (loyalty), which would give them incentives to articulate demands (voice) that would improve the system’s performance.
The schema might also be applied to political relations: Hirschman wrote a memorable article showing how the ability to exit East Germany in 1989 produced a sudden breakdown of
loyalty.
But it is clear that both voice and
loyalty
have become a problem for the European Union.
Many citizens and governments believe that they lack influence, or voice, which tends to reduce
loyalty.
Hirschman’s framework, which is instructive in helping us to think about how
loyalty
and affection can be generated, suggests that it cannot.
They want to see their institutions and values mirrored and replicated in their neighbors – a dynamic that builds
loyalty.
The recognition of an exit possibility reverses that basic process of forging bonds of
loyalty.
The US has been the “other woman” undermining Britain’s
loyalty
to the EU as an attractive permanent partner.
There can also be negative incentives to
loyalty
that induce everyone to keep up appropriate standards of behavior.
But Cuba, where the Soviet Union provided essential financial assistance in exchange for Fidel Castro’s slavish loyalty, offers a powerful reminder of Russia’s claim to global relevance.
And, in both North and Sub-Saharan Africa, brand
loyalty
is strong, averaging 58%.
Putin chose Medvedev carefully, and not only for his unquestionable loyalty, vitally important as that is.
The fact that the Americans were quicker on their feet than the EU also helped to solidify a sense of
loyalty
that many people in the new democracies feel toward the US.
Moreover, Putin has never made a mistake about the
loyalty
of the people he promotes.
It was based on the proposition that, as long as everyone agreed that changes to Northern Ireland’s constitutional status could come only as a result of free democratic choice, people could assert their
loyalty
to their preferred identity: British, Irish, or even both.
Michael Walzer, for example, speaks about what he calls "thin" and "thick
" loyalty.
Better, says Walzer, to expect only the thin sort of
loyalty
and solidarity.
These three writers implicitly recognize that liberalism's weakness is revealed at those moments when even "thin
" loyalty
is impossible, when there is no chance for institutional compromise, and when a modus vivendi cannot be sustained.
Western forces and their proxy, the PYD militia, whose real
loyalty
is to their leaders in Turkey, now control Raqqa.
Most recently, the public debate has shifted and now focuses on the
loyalty
of Germans with a Turkish background, and prohibiting full face and body coverings in public places – a policy that according to opinion polls, more than 80% of Germans would support.
Brezhnev’s model resembled a bad marriage, exhausted of love or respect, in which the spouses constantly cheat, take advantage of each other, and grab each other’s property, though the powerful husband occasionally reminds his wife that he is boss and demands at least a formal pledge of
loyalty
– or else.
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