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caesarism

Political system similar to Bonapartism, involving dictatorship by an individual supported by the army or a popular movement. The outward trappings of democracy are maintained but manipulated. The term originated with the system created by Julius Caesar that undermined the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC.



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But with the permanent rise of Caesarism, Rome lost not only her liberty but also her peace and security.
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Blum did so as a man of the Left, trying to save its honor from mutilation by apologists for a new Caesarism.
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