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The Road from Republic to Collectivism

Symbolic illustration of the American constitutional republic contrasted with the progression toward pure democracy, socialism, and communism, featuring the U.S. Constitution, scales of justice, and a winding path from liberty to centralized control.

For much of the 20th century, American high-school and college students were taught a straightforward warning about political systems: a constitutional republic can slide into pure democracy, pure democracy into […]