How empire is destroying the American republic

Many American hawks fail to grasp one of the most axiomatic rules of history: when a republic becomes an empire, it is no longer a republic.

For all their concern about spreading democracy abroad, many hawks show a decidedly noticeable failure to recognize that imperial adventures weaken republican government at home. The devolution from republic to empire has a number of causes, some practical and some cultural, with most on display in our current politics.

How empire is destroying the American republic

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10/9/20 William Smith: How Empire is Destroying the American Republic

A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand’s Constitution

A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand’s Constitution

For the US, its involvement in Thailand’s internal affairs stems from Thailand’s growing relationship with China and Washington’s desire to reverse this by placing into power political groups of its choosing.

China is now Thailand’s largest trading partner, investor, source of tourism, arms supplier, and a key partner for major infrastructure projects including a regional high-speed rail network.

Mile Markers of Tyranny: Losing Our Freedoms on the Road from 9/11 to COVID-19

Mile Markers of Tyranny: Losing Our Freedoms on the Road from 9/11 to COVID-19

Free speech, the right to protest, the right to challenge government wrongdoing, due process, a presumption of innocence, the right to self-defense, accountability and transparency in government, privacy, press, sovereignty, assembly, bodily integrity, representative government: all of these and more have become casualties in the government’s ongoing war on the American people. In the process, the American people have been treated like enemy combatants, to be spied on, tracked, scanned, frisked, searched, subjected to all manner of intrusions, intimidated, invaded, raided, manhandled, censored, silenced, shot at, locked up, denied due process, and killed.

Conservative Nationalism’s Next Steps?

Adrian Vermeule argues that traditional conservative views of the Constitution ought to be replaced. What he believes ought to replace it is pretty troubling if you care about liberty. Stephanie Slade of Reason Magazine comments.

Conservative Nationalism’s Next Steps?

Article by Adrian Vermeule: Beyond Originalism

Against the New Nationalism
Individual autonomy is not the cause of our problems and state autonomy is not the solution

The New Right-Wing Program of Cultural Nationalism Is Un-American and Illiberal
It will empower the state and will divide rather than unite Americans.