2. First, on Douthat's column & then larger intellectual history behind it.
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13. In the context of modern right, language of Caesarism-as-menace revived by James Burnham & Willmoore Kendall in 1950s.
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14. Although there were aspects of this language already in 1930s in opposition to FDR (and Huey Long).
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@HeerJeet As an actor, he was theatrical as all get out -
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@HeerJeet Secessionist invocation of Caeserism inextricable from sense of Republic as unstable, prone to subversion by populists.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The fear was Lincoln-as-Caeser would rule by enfranchising slaves, who were incapable of self-government:pic.twitter.com/4x0VJYSbtj
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@HeerJeet Charges of Caeserism always rest less on executive overreach than on fear government will fall into the hands of ignorant masses. -
@HeerJeet As such, they're the endpoint of voter fraud hysteria, or Obamacare-as-handout. They label Obama's election illegitimate.
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