Caesarism: What Does It Stand For?
Written by @MarchOfTheWest
The meaning of Caesarism.
Anyone who has studied the life and legacy of Gaius Julius Caesar would know that he was the quintessential populist. The man whose power and prestige became so great, that even long after he was dead his name still signified the ultimate power over a country. He had his inheritance taken from him by Sulla, got captured by pirates, and passed land distribution for retired legionnaires and the common people.
He conquered Gaul, defeating the barbarians who had stirred trouble for Rome for centuries. He took on the corrupt oligarchy that dominated the Republic against massive odds, and won! He had an affair with Egypt’s Queen, Cleopatra, studied the wisdom in Alexandria, and earned the everlasting loyalty of his legions. His reforms as dictator angered the benefactors of the corrupt system he was in the process of replacing. These Senators killed him, yet his triumphs in life were so great that not even death could stop him.
His heir, Augustus, forged a system that enshrined his legacy forever as a symbol of the ultimate glory. Caesar was the pinnacle of human greatness. Yet you are told time and time again—by the media, by academia, by your political elites—that Caesarism must be feared. That Caesar stripped Rome of its rule of law, that he stripped the people of their liberty and silenced their voices. You have been told that Caesar suppressed the voice of the people, that Caesarism is the end of sovereignty. This could not be further from the truth.
You must realize that those in the establishment who demonize Caesarism are in fact the ones who are destroying sovereignty. Ask yourself, how many decisions were made by a judge you never voted for. How many policies were enacted and overturned by a faceless bureaucrat you’ve never heard of. Did you have a say in this? Was your voice heard? None of these people have a face. You don’t know them, you certainly didn’t vote for them, yet they have more influence over your life than the vast majority of elected officials.
With Caesar, you have a face. A man who you know is making the decisions, who has the most control over the direction of your country. Where there is a face, there is accountability. There is the clear source of success and failure, and the clear point at which you can uproot the leader and their policies if things turn bad. You cannot do that in a bureaucracy. Where do you begin? It’s an endless web of power and corruption. The so-called “rule of law” that the system claims to defend is a farce. A judge can allow a violent criminal to walk free while imprisoning political opponents for decades. Your elites tell you to cherish your so-called “democracy.” It is the only system, they insist, under which we can all live in peace.
They fail to realize that a democratic system can only work in a society in which a majority of people adhere to certain cultural and moral values. A society like modern America can’t remain a “democracy” for long. Our system is only enduring because of tradition and the shroud of invincibility around the state, but even those are eroding.
Caesarism is not just misunderstood, but necessary. A nation that wishes to survive, to renew itself, to reach great heights that were previously thought to be impossible, must be led by men of action. A strong, visionary leader who has a stake in his nation’s glory and prosperity will do better for his people than a faceless bureaucrat whose job it is to enforce pointless and glory-crushing rules that serve nothing but a corrupt and inefficient system that no one truly believes in. Ruthless ambition is what made the West into what it was. And it’s that same spirit that can allow us to flourish again.
If only we remember the greatest man in our civilizations history, the pinnacle of ambition and achievement: Gaius Julius Caesar. For Caesarism flows in the veins of all men who believe in the dream called Rome and the promise of Western civilization.
