Tag: civil war

• Rabies of the Soul

  When Political Outrage Becomes a Reckless Religion

  RMDell’Orfano

  October 17, 2025

  Politics, Psychology, Religion

  Amish, Charley Kirk, civil war, Flannery O’Connor, FOMO, Harper’s Ferry, Jehovahs’ Witness, John Brown, Raabies of the soul, Scientology, Shaker rituals, The Puritan Reflex, Traumatic grace

• Democracy Always Collapses

  A democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

  RMDell’Orfano

  December 10, 2024

  Politics

  Alexander Fraser Tytler, civil war, dictator, Hitler, last election, loose fiscal policy, Marty Armstrong, Pax Americana, Pax Romana, republic turned empire, Socrates, trump

• Our Declining Empire

  Basic human nature tends to excess indulgence, moral apathy, and a foolish lolerance of incompetence.

  RMDell’Orfano

  March 24, 2023

  Politics

  American Declining Empire, Aristocratic nepotism, bread and circus, civil war, paradox of prosperity