American Caesarism: Decadence and Decline

American Caesarism: Decadence and Decline
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The Republicans have gone from being the party of Reagan to the party of Trump. The former was a conservative internationalist; the latter is a populist nationalist. The former represented national revival, the latter national decline. For rise and decline hinge on universal moral factors even more than they do on political and economic ones. And the president's budget proposal could be a pivot point in this tragic process.

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