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ABC Religion & Ethics
Hugh Breakey
Updated
Mon 22 Mar 2021, 12:49pm
Given its importance for the stability and wellbeing of our common life, it is worrying that political legitimacy should have found itself under sustained attack on two fronts in 2020. (traffic analyzer / iStock / Getty Images)
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When it comes to some of the profound challenges that were posed by 2020 like the COVID-19 pandemic solutions seem to be on the horizon. But for others, their true consequences may be only beginning to appear.
This is perhaps no more apparent than in the assault on political legitimacy. In 2020, political legitimacy was threatened by forces from opposite ends of the political spectrum: cancel culture on the left, and conspiracy theories on the right. Each poses a serious threat, because a collapse in political legitimacy means people think the normal rules don’t apply anymore, making the world a more difficult and potentially even dangerous place for all of us.
2020 has been a challenging year. For some challenges, such as the coronavirus, a light is appearing at the end of the tunnel. But for others, the true consequences may be only beginning to appear.
This is perhaps no more true than in the assault on political legitimacy. In 2020, this was threatened by forces on opposite sides of politics: cancel culture on the left and conspiracy theories on the right.
Each poses a serious threat, as a collapse in political legitimacy means people think the normal rules don’t apply anymore, making the world a more difficult and even dangerous place for all of us.