STATES
HAVE BECOME Laboratories Of Autocracy IN AMERICA By David Pepper
Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote : “[ T ] he first , the grandest , and most decisive act of judgment which the Statesman and General exercises is rightly to understand … the War in which he engages .”
In the current battle over American democracy , the long-time failure by one side to heed von Clausewitz ’ s words — to understand the battle for what it truly has been — has paved the way for so much of the success those attacking democracy have enjoyed for a generation .
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