Category: Electoralism/Democratism

The Trump of Myth and Legend

February 15, 2024By Paul Gottfried Creative Commons via DeviantArt Recently, courtesy of Arktos Press, I received a book titled Esoteric Trumpism about the brilliant, heroic leadership qualities of former President Trump. The author, Constantin von Hoffmeister, argues with great eloquence that Trump is the leader America needs in […]

Precedence for Presidents

New York Review of Books The mainstream consensus seems to be that Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the nominees for the 2024 presidential election, but there are still five months until the Republican National Convention, and six until the Democratic convention. In the NYR Online this week, Fintan […]

Should the LP nominate RFK Jr.?

Over the last couple of weeks, there has been considerable speculation about whether Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be seeking our party’s nomination for president—and about the Mises Caucus’ position on the matter. RFK himself raised the possibility first during a Jan. 27 interview on a very failed […]

A Radically Centrist Ranking of the 2024 Presidential Candidates

Robert Stark Feb 2, 2024 My ranking of the 2024 Candidates: A: Robert F. Kennedy Jr (independent) B+: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai (independent), Peter Sonski (American Solidarity), Michael Rectenwald (Libertarian) B-:Donald Trump (Republican), Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican, withdrawn), Russell Cohen (independent), C+: Marianne Williamson (Democrat), Chase Oliver (Libertarian) C: Ryan […]

The Tyrant Who Is Also A Joker

Gauging the dangers of a second Trump presidency. Andrew Sullivan Jan 26, 2024 Trump winks as protestors interrupt his speech at a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas in 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) Just how seriously are we supposed to take Donald Trump? It’s been […]

Is the Electoral Fix Already In?

The 2024 presidential race increasingly looks like it will be decided by lawyers, not voters, as Democrats unveil plans for America’s first lawfare election Matt Taibbi Jan 26, 2024 The fix is in. To “protect democracy,” democracy is already being canceled. We just haven’t admitted the implications of […]

The Whole World Is Voting

Recently at The Signal: Martin Wolf on why is international trade slowing down. Today: What do 2024’s record numbers of voters and elections mean for democracy in the world? Steven Levitsky on populism, dictatorship, and the sources of democratic resilience. Also: Hsin-Hsin Pan on the elections in Taiwan. […]

Left-Behind America Sticks With Trump

By Sohrab Ahmari, Compact The headline on this column summarizes the biggest takeaway from Monday night’s Iowa caucuses. Small-town Americans without a college education—those left behind by the economic transformations of the past two generations and plunged into an abyss of material insecurity—are sticking with their man: Donald […]