Articles by
Anthony Deden
Democracy and the Consumption of Its Foundations
Across the Western world, democracies preserve their institutional forms while the substance that once gave them meaning quietly erodes. What we are witnessing is not a succession of isolated policy failures, but a structural transformation.
The Illusion of Progress
Once upon a time, progress meant a tangible conquest of necessity—something that could be seen, held, and mended. Things have changed.
Why Do Nations Rise and Fall: A Survey
Why do civilizations fall? Not from invasion, but erosion—from lost virtues, squandered capital, and cultural amnesia. History remembers. Will we?
The End of Illusion
The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear