From Republic to Autocracy, Inc.: What Rome’s Fall and Trump’s Rise Should Be Screaming to Americans Right Now

LeadPsych Daily

“The Republic is a lifeless shell when power answers to one man.”

Two powerful pieces from The Atlantic—Michelle Berenfeld’s The Roman Way to Trash a Republic and Franklin Foer’s Autocracy, Inc.—offer us not just historical insights and political warnings, but a leadership psychology case study in real time. Together, they sketch an increasingly clear po…