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"Picture Alexander Hamilton. In 1805, as he lay dying at the hands of Vice President Aaron Burr, could Hamilton have credibly groaned to his seconds, echoing Romulus, “Go, and tell the Romans Americans that by heaven’s will my Rome America shall be capital of the world. Let them learn to be soldiers. Let them know, and teach their children, that no power on earth can stand against Roman American arms."
Twice in two days, through no real effort or bent of mind, I ended up discussing the possibility of Caesarism in America. This lays in the background. And, my absolute favorite bible verse.
The Chains of the Improbable vs. The Chains of the Impossible | The Committee of Public Safety
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I have been thinking of Sulla and his successors in Rome a great deal lately. The manufactured class-warfare by ambitious politicians, the growing vindictiveness, and the loss of respect for the Constitution and what is stands for - all helped destroy the Republic.
Sulla was a brutal and nasty dictator (and brilliant General) - but he was was more a symptom than a cause of the Republic's demise.
Maybe the Romans, like us, got too rich. The farmer / soldier / politicians like Cincinnatus (and George Washington) were replaced with professional politicians fighting for power at any price.
I think Caesarism in improbable in America. Civil War and dissolution not so much.