An order seems to be emerging in which victory requires more than just defeating opposition parties: it necessitates the annihilation of rival pretenders. And in turn implies the replacement of a politics of ideas, by one of divinely marked persons. Should this order consolidate itself, it will, whatever the window-dressing, be a monarchical regime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
She notes that the English influence is declining in the United States, so it isn\u2019t surprising that the Anglo-American political tradition in this country is fading too.\u00a0 That heritage has been targeted by the \u201cprogressives.\u201d\u00a0 Ironically, they are the ones who are calling Trump such a threat to democracy that he needs to be annihilated, sounding like the anti-democratic rulers of old.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt present,\u201d Harrington concludes, \u201cthe keenest supporters of American diversity are generally also those loudest in expressing anxieties about a putative Trumpian Caesar. It will be ironic in the extreme if it does turn out that the real bulwark against autocracy was America\u2019s now rapidly dissolving Anglo heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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