1917 is close, but I would peg it to 1913: the 16th Amendment authorizing personal income taxes, the IRS, the Federal Reserve and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) all came into existence in that year.
But it wasn't the second regime of the U.S. but the third. The second was founded by Lincoln after he forced the ascension of federalism over anti-federalism via the Civil War.
One might argue the fourth regime started after the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which started the process of displacing all of historic white America (from 90% of America to 60% in 50 years).
Really fun write up.. thank you. I’d also argue that 1917, 1913 are close.. but the true peg is 1860. Then, the United States became an empire, seeking for the first time to invade foreign soil and slay dragons abroad. Lincoln was the first emperor, propped up by an army of conscripted foreigners.
"The Technocratic State’s main feature is narrative control and centralized power predicated on the mythology of the expert."
The date of 1917 (or thereabouts) may well be correct, but (IMHO) the better comparator is not the Roman transition from republic to empire, but the Roman transition from empire to Universal Catholic Church.
It was the Church, not the empire, whose main feature was narrative control and centralised power predicated on the mythology of the expert (the expert on doctrine and belief, in this case). And the current moves against "disinformation" look like nothing so much as the early stages of the inquisition.
1917 is close, but I would peg it to 1913: the 16th Amendment authorizing personal income taxes, the IRS, the Federal Reserve and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) all came into existence in that year.
But it wasn't the second regime of the U.S. but the third. The second was founded by Lincoln after he forced the ascension of federalism over anti-federalism via the Civil War.
One might argue the fourth regime started after the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which started the process of displacing all of historic white America (from 90% of America to 60% in 50 years).
Really fun write up.. thank you. I’d also argue that 1917, 1913 are close.. but the true peg is 1860. Then, the United States became an empire, seeking for the first time to invade foreign soil and slay dragons abroad. Lincoln was the first emperor, propped up by an army of conscripted foreigners.
"The Technocratic State’s main feature is narrative control and centralized power predicated on the mythology of the expert."
The date of 1917 (or thereabouts) may well be correct, but (IMHO) the better comparator is not the Roman transition from republic to empire, but the Roman transition from empire to Universal Catholic Church.
It was the Church, not the empire, whose main feature was narrative control and centralised power predicated on the mythology of the expert (the expert on doctrine and belief, in this case). And the current moves against "disinformation" look like nothing so much as the early stages of the inquisition.