Kleptokakistocratic #Caesarism in the Age of #Coprocene
The tariffs weren't economic policy. They were tribute demands from a banana republic wearing Gucci loafers. Anyone trying to decode them with classical economics looked like medieval alchemists trying to turn piss into gold. These weren't mistake. They were maneuvers. And they proved that we are sliding headfirst towards #kleptokakistocracy (rule by the most corrupt & the most stupid).
Americaâs Fourth Great Constitutional Rupture?
Will President Trumpâs challenge to the existing #constitutional order degenerate into Caesarism?
Caesarism identifies and describes an #authoritarian, #populist, and autocratic ideology inspired by Julius Caesar, the leader of Rome, from 49 BC to 44 BC.
A constitutional #Caesarism is a contradiction in terms. A view from a historian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/trump-caesar-constitutional-rupture.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarism
Americaâs Fourth Great Constitutional Rupture?
Will President Trumpâs challenge to the existing #constitutional order degenerate into Caesarism?
Caesarism identifies and describes an #authoritarian, #populist, and autocratic ideology inspired by Julius Caesar, the leader of Rome, from 49 BC to 44 BC.
A constitutional #Caesarism is a contradiction in terms. A view from a historian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/trump-caesar-constitutional-rupture.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarism
#USA #trump #trumpinauguration #MAGA #GOP #politics #political #democracy #totalitarianism #fascism #dictatorship #caesarism #anocracy https://www.dustinjbyrd.org
Anton and Yarvinâs May 2021 conversation was recorded for the podcast of the American Mind,
a publication of the powerful rightwing #Claremont #Institute,
where Anton is a senior fellow,
and whose growing influence during the Trump era has seen it described as the ânerve center of the American rightâ.
đĽOn 8 December, Trumpâs transition team announced that Anton would be appointed director of policy planning at the state department.
Anton also served in a communications role in Trumpâs first-term national security council from February 2017 until April 2018,
resigning the day before neoconservative John Bolton assumed the role of national security adviser.
After leaving the first Trump administration, Anton did not abandon Trump,
but continued writing about US liberal democracy in bleak terms.
In "Up from Conservatism",
a 2023 anthology of essays edited by the executive director of Claremontâs "Center for the American Way of Life", Arthur Milikh,
Anton wrote that
âthe United States peaked around 1965â,
and that Americans are ruled by
âa network of unelected bureaucrats ⌠corporate-tech-finance senior management, âexpertsâ who set the boundaries of acceptable opinion,
and media figures who police those boundariesâ.
Anton continued the discussion in sections headed
âThe universities have become evilâ,
âOur economy is fakeâ,
âThe people are corruptâ,
âOur civilization has lost the will to liveâ.
His and Yarvinâs conversation was ostensibly about his 2020 book,
"The Stakes".
That book was controversial even on the right for its prolonged consideration of autocratic âCaesarismâ
as a means of resolving American decadence.
In the book, he defined #Caesarism as a âform of one-man rule:
halfway ⌠between monarchy and tyrannyâ.
He adds, though, that
âCaesarism is not tyranny, which, strictly understood,
is a regime that usurps a legitimate and functioning governmentâ,
whereas Caesarism implements âauthoritarian one-man rule partially legitimized by necessityâ
â that is,
âthe breakdown of republican, constitutional ruleâ,
adding that
âa nation no longer capable of ruling itself must yet be ruledâ.
He writes that a
đĽâRed Caesarâ could be attractive to
âthe redsâ in the Republican coalition,
who he says are
âunder constant rhetorical, political, and, increasingly, physical attack,
especially in blue statesâ,
-- making them âmore likely to turn to a Caesarâ.
Anton stops short of openly calling for authoritarian rule,
but in general, he writes that the advantages of Caesarism include
âcontinuity and stabilityâ
and âthe prospect of avoiding conflictâ,
and that it âtends to engender calmâ.
By declaring #trump immune from prosecution, the Supreme Court did not make him a #king but rather a #caesar. Julius Caesar was given dictatorial status by the Senate; for Trump it came from the Judiciary. Donât think he wonât use the power heâs been given. #MAGA #gop #politics #america #usa #rome #romanempire #roman #tyranny #dictatorship #supremecourt #elonmusk #republicans #caesarism #foxnews #election #empire
"The Case for Christian Nationalism"
is a 2022 book by Stephen Wolfe.
The book argues for #Christian #nationalism based on cultural and ethnic affinity from a Christian perspective,
and a retrieval of traditional Christian political thought
Summary
Stephen Wolfe approaches nationalism as becoming conscious of, and "being for", one's own "#people-#group".
He argues that #homogeneity within each people-group allows it to more properly pursue the good
by ordering earthly life toward heavenly life,
and that while a principal image of heavenly life can be found in Christian worship,
đĽonly a Christian nation can provide a complete image.
Wolfe argues for homogeneity by constructing a theological anthropology,
positing that humans would have formed separate, culturally distinct communities,
even if the fall of man had not occurred.
In addition, he argues that this should be accomplished through a "measured #theocratic #Caesarism",
Wolfe follows early Reformed thinkers, such as Francis Turretin, in
𧨠assigning the government a role in suppressing outward displays of "false religion",
-- but not a power to coerce the conscience or inward religion.
The civil magistrate is tasked with wielding "formal civil power" for the public good.
He also argues that Christian nationalism is compatible with the tradition of the American founding.
Reception:
In a review, Kevin DeYoung of The Gospel Coalition gave the book one star out of five, stating,
"I understand and sympathize with the desire for something like Christian Nationalism,
but if this book represents the best of that ism,
then âĄď¸ Christian Nationalism is not the answer the church or our nation needs."
Paul Matzko of Reason magazine called the book "#segregationist",
stating,
"Wolfe's ethnicized vision of Christian nationalism is a reminder that, in a post-liberal vacuum,
âĄď¸ fearful American Christians have become easy targets for people whispering to take up the sword of the state and smite their foes."
James Clark of The North American Anglican wrote that "Wolfe's account of revolution could be stronger"
but he has nevertheless "written something important here,
something that deserves to be read and contemplated."
Owen Strachan suggests that â ď¸the New Testament is largely missing from "Wolfe's Thomistic project of political philosophy."
The book's epilogue has a looser tone and structure from the preceding chapters.
Reviewers have called it a "#rant" that attacks many cultural and political issues,
including "#gynocracy"
(rule by women),
#sexual #deviancy,
and the "#globalist American #empire",
and which calls for banishing or #executing #heretics.
Reviewers have said that the book calls for #blood-#and-#soil nationalism
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_for_Christian_Nationalism
On the blog where he explains these ideas, Haywood refers to himself as â#maximum #leader.â
In October 2022, Haywood appeared on a podcast with with former Trump official and âFlight 93â essay #Michael #Anton and others for a discussion about #caesarism
â the idea that a strongman is needed to solve Americaâs problems.
After referring to an unspecified âsecret eventâ that brought the group together, Haywood said that he âwholeheartedlyâ endorsed â#national #divorceâ as a solution to the countryâs problems.
Since selling his shampoo manufacturing firm in September 2020, Haywood has mobilized. His nonprofit, the
"Howdy Doody Good Times Foundation", began to contribute to the Claremont Institute.
Howdy Doody has contributed money to SACR as well. Over the following year, a chapter in Dallas, Texas, and three in Idaho were founded.
Haywood has said that additional chapters exist; Williams put the total number at beneath one dozen.
Among the emails obtained by TPM are ones that show the organizationâs reach.
In one January 2023 exchange, Haywood ccâed a group of people while asking for a board meeting to discuss SACR finances.
The men on the exchange do not appear to be down on their luck.
#Fischer, a venture capitalist who leads the groupâs Dallas chapter, graduated from Harvard Law. Fischer has described leading a private equity career investing in apartment complexes distressed after the 2008 financial crisis.
Also cc-ed was #Williams, the Claremont president. Williams confirmed his involvement in the group on Friday on Twitter, writing, âmay 1,000 chapters bloom and flourish.â
Claremont came into national consciousness in 2021 because it was where Trump co-defendant and co-conspirator #John #Eastman, the attorney who played a key role in the 2020 election subversion effort, works as a senior fellow.
#Charles #Haywood #Williams #Beck #Americanized #assimilated #mission #statement #prayers #Scott #Yenor #mini #state #Christian #men #patriarchal #force #authority #democracy #sacker #SACR #Christian #traditionalist #white #financial #politics #Claremont #Institute #Harvard #Law #theocracy #alignment #deference #patriarchal #leadership #Natural #Law
Big Caesars and Little Caesars
How they rise and how they fall - from Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson
Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seize power and why they fall.
âRed Caesarismâ is rightwing code â and some Republicans are listening | The far right | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/red-caesar-authoritarianism-republicans-extreme-right âFor the last three years, parts of the #AmericanRight have advocated a theory called #Caesarism as an authoritarian solution to the claimed collapse of the #USrepublic in conference rooms, podcasts and the house organs of the #ExtremeRight,â
"Though on the surface this discussion might seem esoteric, experts who track extremism in the US say that due to their influence on the Republican party, the rightwing intellectuals who espouse these ideas about the attractions of autocracy present a profound threat to American democracy.
Their calls for a 'red Caesar' are now only growing louder âŚ."
#democracy #authoritarianism #Caesarism #ClaremontInstitute #Republicans
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"For the last three years, parts of the American right have advocated a theory called Caesarism as an authoritarian solution to the claimed collapse of the US republic in conference rooms, podcasts and the house organs of the extreme right, especially those associated with the Claremont Institute thinktank."
~ Jason Wilson
#democracy #authoritarianism #Caesarism #ClaremontInstitute #Republicans
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#ChristianNationalism #Fascism #Caesarism
âRed Caesarismâ is rightwing code â and some Republicans are listening
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/red-caesar-authoritarianism-republicans-extreme-right?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
