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Riencourt’s The Coming Caesars (1957) is a provocative analysis of America’s political evolution, drawing parallels between the United States and ancient Rome. Amaury de Riencourt (June 12, 1918 – January 13, 2005) was a French historian, writer, and scholar known for his wide-ranging expertise in American history.
De Riencourt argues that the Republic of the United State has fallen into so-called “American democracy,” embarking the country toward Caesarism, where charismatic and autocratic leaders rule by fiat (Executive Orders).
He contends in his book that the United States mirrors Rome’s trajectory through growing centralized power, imperial ambitions, and a growing reliance on strong presidential figures.
Unlike dictatorship, Caesarism is a gradual, unconscious process where a free people voluntarily surrender to autocracy.
This shift, de Riencourt believes, stems from increasing social equality, which paradoxically diminishes liberty and concentrates authority in one leader. De Riencourt warns that the presidency’s expanding power, fueled by America’s global dominance and domestic egalitarianism, threatens republican institutions.
However, he believes the descent of Caesarism can be reversed through a cultural rebirth that fosters dynamic ideas, non-conformist leaders, and the intentional preservation of Constitutional (Republican) values.
The Coming Caesars remains a compelling cautionary tale about political power and cultural decline.
I handed Tim Price’s updated version of
The Coming Caesars to our guest.
I said to our new guest:
Here’s a book I think you’ll like. As a Constitutional conservative, I despise Presidential Executive Orders. These fiat orders confirm what de Riencourt says in his book. When Republics (like the U.S. and Rome) devolve into ‘democracies,’, (a form of government our Founding Fathers feared), the country will soon turn to Caesarism and autocratic control. The United States is already there. However, unlike President’s Obama or Biden (dictators in their own right), I love Donald Trump. He's a good dictator, a wonderful king with a good heart.
In context, you’ll see that I disagree with Trump signing Executive Orders, but I am grateful that he is able to overturn the dictatorial and unconstitutional Executive Orders of Obama and Biden.
CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
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For tribes like the Navajo, Hopi, and Apache, the swastika represented good luck, prosperity, and the four directions of the earth, often appearing in art, weavings, and rituals as a symbol of harmony and balance.
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