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The Imperial is a publication devoted to the serious study of power, meaning, and civilization. It explores the intersections of philosophy, history, politics, and faith.

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Part I closed with an admission. The structural critique of democracy was offered without a clean alternative. The transition problem, what comes after, how it is built, and how it avoids reproducing the pa...

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A Critique of Democracy: Ego, Process, and the Failure of Collective Will

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