suddenly remembered that time when national review types were up in arms about "caesarism" because of DACA
February 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
suddenly remembered that time when national review types were up in arms about "caesarism" because of DACA
Vance as president would be more radical than Trump but also likely to be less likely to have ability to harness the charismatic Caesarism Trump does
I don't think we're lucky enough for him to bite it during this term, because fuck us, but if he did I really wonder if the media would be willing to run the same cover for JD Vance as it is for him
as fucked as it is I don't think they see Vance as the embodiment of the Volk the same way
as fucked as it is I don't think they see Vance as the embodiment of the Volk the same way
he really looks like dogshit
August 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Vance as president would be more radical than Trump but also likely to be less likely to have ability to harness the charismatic Caesarism Trump does
honestly feel the author was done dirty by the headline but also i think the premise is wrong: the idea that charismatic caesarism is this regime's strong point *is* in fact compatible with it being an aspirational form of totalitarianism
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
honestly feel the author was done dirty by the headline but also i think the premise is wrong: the idea that charismatic caesarism is this regime's strong point *is* in fact compatible with it being an aspirational form of totalitarianism
Guy who insists on a really strict delineation between "Caesarism" and "Bonapartism"
April 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Guy who insists on a really strict delineation between "Caesarism" and "Bonapartism"
If we're gonna do techno-Caesarism, let's really do it, ya know?
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If we're gonna do techno-Caesarism, let's really do it, ya know?
In 2022, Claremont alum Matt Peterson said he’d attended a “secret event” w/ Claremonter Michael Anton & Charles Haywood. Haywood admires Francisco Franco & founded SACR, a secretive Christian men’s society. After the event, they discussed “Caesarism” on camera.
Anton could be Trump’s next NSA. 1/
Anton could be Trump’s next NSA. 1/
Discussing Caesarism | The Matthew Peterson Show Conversations Ep. 1
YouTube video by The New Founding Podcast
youtu.be
May 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In 2022, Claremont alum Matt Peterson said he’d attended a “secret event” w/ Claremonter Michael Anton & Charles Haywood. Haywood admires Francisco Franco & founded SACR, a secretive Christian men’s society. After the event, they discussed “Caesarism” on camera.
Anton could be Trump’s next NSA. 1/
Anton could be Trump’s next NSA. 1/
It still is! We still talk about 'Caesarism' as an ideology of unlimited, tyrannical executive power (typically unconstrained by elections or term limits).
May 12, 2026 at 4:01 AM
It still is! We still talk about 'Caesarism' as an ideology of unlimited, tyrannical executive power (typically unconstrained by elections or term limits).
The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.
August 21, 2026 at 11:12 PM
The vandalism and desecration of the White House isn't just vanity and it's not trivial. It's caesarism, as in literally what Julius Caesar did to the symbolic architecture of civic republicanism. Our national iconography matters and allowing the disfiguring of it to persist is a substantive harm.
Contrary to Stephen Miller, the president is not "commander-in-chief" of law enforcement within the United States. The invocation of the title "commander-in-chief" to justify anything Trump wants to do anywhere is a sign of how far down the road the administration is to Caesarism.
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Contrary to Stephen Miller, the president is not "commander-in-chief" of law enforcement within the United States. The invocation of the title "commander-in-chief" to justify anything Trump wants to do anywhere is a sign of how far down the road the administration is to Caesarism.
Zuckerberg achievements since founding Facebook:
- genocide
- backing reactionary Caesarism
- “as a gay black woman,“
- genocide
- backing reactionary Caesarism
- “as a gay black woman,“
January 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Zuckerberg achievements since founding Facebook:
- genocide
- backing reactionary Caesarism
- “as a gay black woman,“
- genocide
- backing reactionary Caesarism
- “as a gay black woman,“
the original title works better
September 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
the original title works better
We shouldn't dismiss the desecration of our republican iconography and civic symbols as gross but ultimately trivial. It goes to the heart of his whole project, the hot molten core of what he wants to destroy about America. It's not just generically authoritarian, it's literal Caesarism.
June 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We shouldn't dismiss the desecration of our republican iconography and civic symbols as gross but ultimately trivial. It goes to the heart of his whole project, the hot molten core of what he wants to destroy about America. It's not just generically authoritarian, it's literal Caesarism.
"The UFC event captures something about this moment in our history.
After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Decline of the Republic Comes with a Claw
Tacky American Caesarism.
open.substack.com
June 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
"The UFC event captures something about this moment in our history.
After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
After all, it’s vulgar, it’s violent, it’s commercial, it’s grandiose, it’s tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Caesarism is the enemy of our age, may we finally lay it to rest.
May 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Caesarism is the enemy of our age, may we finally lay it to rest.
Jupp. Die Grundidee hinter Caesarism ist auch genau das.
March 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Jupp. Die Grundidee hinter Caesarism ist auch genau das.
People are talking about Caesarism more and more!
March 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
People are talking about Caesarism more and more!
That is what the mid 19th century meant by bonapartism or caesarism
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
That is what the mid 19th century meant by bonapartism or caesarism
Another grotesque aspect of Fight Night at the White House that I didn't mention (there are too many to keep up with!):
The Lincoln Memorial is being used as the site for the fighters' weigh-ins.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Lincoln Memorial is being used as the site for the fighters' weigh-ins.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Decline of the Republic Comes with a Claw
Tacky American Caesarism.
open.substack.com
June 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Another grotesque aspect of Fight Night at the White House that I didn't mention (there are too many to keep up with!):
The Lincoln Memorial is being used as the site for the fighters' weigh-ins.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Lincoln Memorial is being used as the site for the fighters' weigh-ins.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
one of the things about brain genius Curtis Yarvin is that he believes caesarism brought about a great era of peace and tranquility in Rome, during which the class struggle was totally forgotten. he's a superficial thinker at best, and his ideas shouldn't be taken seriously beyond their foolishness.
Time Magazine (not a leftist or conspiracy promoting source) looks into the influence of Curtis Yarvin and "Dark Enkightenment" under the current administration. Well worth a read.
time.com/7269166/dark...
time.com/7269166/dark...
What We Must Understand About the Dark Enlightenment Movement
The “Dark Enlightenment” movement and Curtis Yarvin have curried favor with tech executives in recent years, writes Ed Simon.
time.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
one of the things about brain genius Curtis Yarvin is that he believes caesarism brought about a great era of peace and tranquility in Rome, during which the class struggle was totally forgotten. he's a superficial thinker at best, and his ideas shouldn't be taken seriously beyond their foolishness.
It's like some Gilbert & Sullivan plot except set amid purge-ridden Caesarism.
"Since Trump took office last month, [Emil] Bove has been the face of the effort to demand that the FBI hand over the names of every bureau employee who worked on Jan. 6 cases."
Of course, "Bove omitted that he, too, had investigated Jan. 6 cases."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Of course, "Bove omitted that he, too, had investigated Jan. 6 cases."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Trump’s feared DOJ enforcer has a secret: He, too, investigated Jan. 6
The acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot worked on Jan. 6 cases himself.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's like some Gilbert & Sullivan plot except set amid purge-ridden Caesarism.
"This Sunday night’s UFC spectacle on the South Lawn...captures something about this moment in our history.
It's vulgar, violent, commercial, grandiose, tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
It's vulgar, violent, commercial, grandiose, tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Decline of the Republic Comes with a Claw
Tacky American Caesarism.
open.substack.com
June 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"This Sunday night’s UFC spectacle on the South Lawn...captures something about this moment in our history.
It's vulgar, violent, commercial, grandiose, tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
It's vulgar, violent, commercial, grandiose, tacky, and it dishonors a place once thought worthy of care and respect. In other words, it’s Donald Trump."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
At the point of reading Leo Strauss where I’m like, welp
March 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
At the point of reading Leo Strauss where I’m like, welp
Read the latest edition of Morning Shots:
The Decline of the Republic Comes with a Claw
Tacky American Caesarism.
lnk.thebulwark.com
June 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Read the latest edition of Morning Shots:
If we’re getting Caesarism I demand an actual Caesar
for all their flaws, at least Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte were highly charismatic and capable military leaders who overthrew their own failing, crisis-torn republics
in comparison the men trying to destroy this republic are such contemptible trash in every possible way
in comparison the men trying to destroy this republic are such contemptible trash in every possible way
February 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If we’re getting Caesarism I demand an actual Caesar