Reply #5: Caesarism [View All]

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Caesarism

(n.) A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.



I think it is something our country has been descending into for some time in regards to the office of the president. The Costitutional framers envisioned exactly this kind of problem arising within the executive and did their best to prevent it, but you can't legislate around human nature. We still seem to have this warped desire for kings and the presidency has more and more turned into just that. Even those who disagree with the president are loathe to voice their disapproval of him. The "Office" has been invested with this mystical aura where the president becomes the embodiment of AMERICA, rather than simply a public servant keeping the seat warm...because that seat really belongs to US.