You’re right, we are living in dangerous times but I think it will take more than one Caesar to save our Republic. It will take MANY brave and courageous men and women to stand up and speak the truth about what is really happening. WAKE UP AMERICA!!
Caesar was a pivotal leader in Roman history. However, it would be a disingenuous reading of Roman history to imply that he was any less corrupt as the leader of the Populares faction than Pompey's Optimates. Nor was Caesar particularly committed to "saving" the Roman Republic, having chosen to rule essentially as Rome's first Emperor after the Civil War.
Napoleon and Franco were also politically ambitious and committed to their own personal political agendas far more than they were to any ideal of republican governance.
Which is indeed the danger here: the chaos and the division in this country makes it vulnerable to a politically motivated populist who talks about "the people" but interested only in his own aggrandizement.
Rather than looking for a "great man" to "save" the American Republic, we would do well to focus our energies on strengthening those parts of that Republic within our own grasp.
Take on issues of governance in local city councils and school boards.
Campaign against state legislators and governors unwilling to reform and reduce government spending.
Strengthen local community resources for tackling problems of homelessness, education, economic privation, substance abuse, et cetera.
We should not wait for one great man to lead us. We should each of us instead strive to be moral men. All our problems and all our divisions can be healed if each of us is willing to commit to doing the right thing in all circumstances.
"In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes." -- Judges 21:25
It almost sounds as if you were hoping for a Caesar to come and overthrow the American constitutional order. On your own telling, what that resulted in, in the case of the original Caesar, was civil war (and "Rome descended into abject chaos and was never the same again").
You’re right, we are living in dangerous times but I think it will take more than one Caesar to save our Republic. It will take MANY brave and courageous men and women to stand up and speak the truth about what is really happening. WAKE UP AMERICA!!
It looks like you have it figured out. We will just have to wait and see who our Caesar is.
Caesar was a pivotal leader in Roman history. However, it would be a disingenuous reading of Roman history to imply that he was any less corrupt as the leader of the Populares faction than Pompey's Optimates. Nor was Caesar particularly committed to "saving" the Roman Republic, having chosen to rule essentially as Rome's first Emperor after the Civil War.
Napoleon and Franco were also politically ambitious and committed to their own personal political agendas far more than they were to any ideal of republican governance.
Which is indeed the danger here: the chaos and the division in this country makes it vulnerable to a politically motivated populist who talks about "the people" but interested only in his own aggrandizement.
Rather than looking for a "great man" to "save" the American Republic, we would do well to focus our energies on strengthening those parts of that Republic within our own grasp.
Take on issues of governance in local city councils and school boards.
Campaign against state legislators and governors unwilling to reform and reduce government spending.
Strengthen local community resources for tackling problems of homelessness, education, economic privation, substance abuse, et cetera.
We should not wait for one great man to lead us. We should each of us instead strive to be moral men. All our problems and all our divisions can be healed if each of us is willing to commit to doing the right thing in all circumstances.
"In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes." -- Judges 21:25
It almost sounds as if you were hoping for a Caesar to come and overthrow the American constitutional order. On your own telling, what that resulted in, in the case of the original Caesar, was civil war (and "Rome descended into abject chaos and was never the same again").
Maybe I'm missing something?