Étienne de La Boétie on Liberty and Tyranny
Étienne de La Boétie on facing corrupt rulers. “Be resolute to serve no more, and you are at once free. I do not ask you to push him, to topple […]
Notes on Post-Risorgimento Idealism: The Historical Context of Giovanni Gentile’s Fascism, Mazzini and Carbonaro Theosophists
NOTES ON THE SUBSTANCE AND CONTEXTS OF GENTILIAN THOUGHT AND RISORGIMENTO IDEALISM IN RELATION TO BLAVATSKY AND THEOSOPHY This explains the historical and philosophical context underlying theosophy versus fascism in […]
The Tempests: Someday | America
Let the music speak . . . “Someday, maybe baby somewhere / somehow, O sometime, I’m going to find you / and make you mine, mine O mine / Someday. […]
This is My Stance on Death of George Floyd and Police Brutality, NFL, Conservatives on the Protests
The American Right and far-right across social media appear to all be in perfect agreement with one another about the protests and this entire crisis. Firstly, it is a lie […]
Republicanism in the 18th century Revolutions reveal American Conservative Thought is no different from the Anti-Enlightners
THE AMERICAN RIGHT NO DIFFERENT FROM THE ANTI-ENLIGHTENERS AND COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES But what is in a word? Everything…especially when you’re misusing and representing a word however you want to. “Kirk himself […]
Minerva leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington”
MINERVA, Goddess of Wisdom leads America in “The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.” The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington is a copperplate-printed toile fabric produced in […]
The Loose Tradition of Republican Writers
In regards to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, it is a great reference for understanding ‘REPUBLICANISM,’ in two different, but closely related senses. The author of the article, Frank Lovett […]
Note on Benjamin Rush and Early Federalist Republicanism: Fear of Democracy, Moral Degradation, and Corruption
FEDERALIST REPUBLICANISM: BENJAMIN RUSH ON FEARS OF DEMOCRACY, PARTY POLITICS, MORAL DEGRADATION AND CORRUPTION The stories of Marius, Tacitus, Livy and Sallust stress importance of morals, reason and the rule […]
Mario Palmieri on the True Goal of Fascism in relation to the Spiritual: Four Cardinal Points and National Heroism
“Never before, to be sure, had a social and political system advanced such claims upon the inner world of man as this claim of Fascism to determine for him the […]
Democracy’s Faith in the Potential of Man | Horace M. Kallen
HORACE M. KALLEN’S CREATIVE DEMOCRACY, SECTION 1: WHAT IS DEMOCRACY IN COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND DEMOCRACY (CARL COHEN) This article is meant to contrast with Mario Palmieri on the Rebirth of […]
Mario Palmieri on the Rebirth of Classical Studies and Lore: Critiques the Renaissance, Individualism, and Speaks of the Ancient Sages
“Such being the facts, it is almost criminal to keep alive in mankind the hope of a true realization of the Democratic ideal.” MARIO PALMIERI, THE PHILOSOPHY OF FASCISM The […]
The Romaness of Fascism: Palmieri and Mussolini on Mazzini, Dante, and the Mission and Influences of Fascism
“Fascism the conception of the historical mission of Rome, the vision of a world empire…” MARIO PALMIERI “Rome is more than a city; Rome is a Universal Idea.” THEODOR MOMMSEN […]
John Adams Letter to John Taylor: “Remember, democracy never lasts long”
“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.” JOHN ADAMS (FIRST VPOTUS AND SECOND POTUS) […]
The Original Red Shirts’ and Red Hats’: The Classical Roots of the American Republic
Republicanism of MINVRA is not associated with, nor propagandizes for one particular party, nor is it about the U.S. Republican Party, or whatever Party under such name in France, or […]
Giovanni Gentile on the True ‘Will of the People’: Says Difference between Fascism and Nationalism
“The nationalistic State was, therefore, an aristocratic State, enforcing itself upon the masses through the power conferred upon it by its origins. The Fascist State, on the contrary, is a […]
The Dan Smoot Report [1966]: “A Republic, Not a Democracy”
“The ideal of a constitutional republic is individual liberty. In this century, great strides have been made toward the goal of subverting our republic, and transforming it into a democracy. […]
