Oddbean new post about login | logout "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 /1 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/01/red-caesar-authoritarianism-republicans-extreme-right?CMP=share_btn_tw
"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 …." #democracy #authoritarianism #Caesarism #ClaremontInstitute #Republicans /2
@f884fa2b I also rarely hear people mention this but the President of the Claremont Institute (Ryan P. Williams) is a graduate of Hillsdale College. Hillsdale is where the Claremont kooks were radicalized. So there's very little daylight between the two organiations. They are one and the same. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/24/claremont-john-eastman-trump/