The ideology of communism is long gone, and the legitimacy of the ruling party depends upon economic growth and ethnic Han nationalism.

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And since growth is the only source of legitimacy for the ruling party, the economy would not be the only thing to wobble.

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This is the poisoned fruit of a manipulated election by which the ruling junta of what calls itself Myanmar aimed to buy some rare legitimacy.

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Like in 1937, when the Supreme Court declared that the Social Security tax was constitutional, the court's ruling on health care gave Obama's program a legitimacy that undercut some of the thunder coming from the right.

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The ruling also threw into question the legitimacy of Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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