<![CDATA[Frank Wright: Bonapartism]]>https://www.frankwrighter.com/s/bonapartismhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9IIL!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2691212-338b-4953-ad6f-b3b71cca5a7e_966x966.pngFrank Wright: Bonapartismhttps://www.frankwrighter.com/s/bonapartismSubstackSat, 11 Apr 2026 06:50:42 GMT<![CDATA[The Ideology of the Madhouse]]>https://www.frankwrighter.com/p/the-ideology-of-the-madhouse-3e9https://www.frankwrighter.com/p/the-ideology-of-the-madhouse-3e9Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:30:04 GMT

This is part two in a series on the collapsing political centre - and the future politics of Bonapartism. I have decided to split the initial post into four parts - it being too long - and so there will be two more in this series. I have resent the first part to paid subscribers - which due to an error did not include them (I am told).

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It has been said by others interested in postliberalism that what comes after Liberalism will be Bonapartism. So what is it, and to whom does it appeal?

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For a treatment of the end of Liberalism, see here.

In this two part post I will discuss the nature of the political settlement of the Regime, which I think is a form of extremism. This centrism is a type of managerial technocracy, whose contempt for the populations it rules will contribute to the character of the system which will replace it.

I will also examine the idea of Bonapartism, considering the views of Edmund Burke, Antonio Gramsci, Karl Marx and Napoleon I and III.

Concepts include:

  • What is Bonapartism?

  • The insincerity of our politics

  • Centrism, Managerialism, Paternalism

  • The extremism of Regime governments

  • A crisis of power

This idea I owe to Kevin Michael Grace, who produces the KMG show on YouTube. H…

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