Is the United States government considered a republic?
Paul Rahe thinks so – and asserts, “The modern nation state is an attempt to capture what the ancient Greeks and Romans had.”
Our federal government has gone through a massive shift in the last six decades, leaving us with less public discourse and more control at the federal level – which Paul Rahe argues has left Americans feeling anxious with no way to influence the government.
In our most recent episode, Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, compares the US government to the ancient republics and explores how this applies to our current place in history.
The US Constitution has been co-opted to shield government agencies from the public. As a result, we now have a consolidated government with far too much control over private institutions. The recent developments in the EPA and the new regulations set up for ObamaCare are just a few easy examples of the extreme federal overreach coming out of the Obama Administration.
What’s the good news? Rahe argues that the administrative entitlement state is coming to an end.
To hear more about the past, present, and future role of the federal government, watch the full interview below.
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