Fascinating piece. It motivated me to look up the etymology of 'stasis', which seems to be related to both factions and lack of movement. I expect the connection is in the sense of a faction 'standing for' a given position.
It also seems to me that the condition of stasis in the Greek sense leads directly to political stasis in the English sense: a polity riven by viciously opposed internal factions is paralyzed, unable to address internal or external problems so long as the division persists.
Fascinating piece. It motivated me to look up the etymology of 'stasis', which seems to be related to both factions and lack of movement. I expect the connection is in the sense of a faction 'standing for' a given position.
It also seems to me that the condition of stasis in the Greek sense leads directly to political stasis in the English sense: a polity riven by viciously opposed internal factions is paralyzed, unable to address internal or external problems so long as the division persists.
To see where this is heading read Kurt Schlichter's Kelly Turnbull series.
This is well thought through and well assembled. Thanks for writing it.
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