The Divine Republic

American democracy has entered its terminal phase. Not through a coup or a revolution, but through gradual decay.

In The Divine Republic, Alessandro Bruno and Robert Quigley argue that the United States is no longer governed by a living democratic system, but by its institutional remains. Elections persist, laws multiply, and rhetoric flourishes-yet legitimacy, accountability, and civic trust have steadily eroded.

The book traces the processes that led to this outcome: the concentration of ...