Modern Caesarism operates through party and union coercion, not military coups

Evidence

In the modern world, the equilibrium with catastrophic prospects occurs not between forces which could in the last analysis fuse and unite—albeit after a wearying and bloody process— but between forces whose opposition is historically incurable and indeed becomes especially acute with the advent of Caesarist forms. However, in the modern world Caesarism also has a certain margin—larger or smaller, depending on the country and its relative weight in the global context. For a social form “always” has marginal possibilities for further development and organisational improvement, and in particular can count on the relative weakness of the rival progressive force as a result of its specific character and way of life. It is necessary for the dominant social form to preserve this weakness: this is why it has been asserted that modern Caesarism is more a police than a military system. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 859 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The problem is to see whether in the dialectic “revolution/ restoration” it is revolution or restoration which predominates; for it is certain that in the movement of history there is never any turning back, and that restorations in toto do not exist. … Besides, Caesarism is a polemical-ideological formula, and not a canon of historical interpretation. A Caesarist solution can exist even without a Caesar, without any great, “heroic” and representative personality. The parliamentary system has also provided a mechanism for such compromise solutions. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 855 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Party unity must rest on conviction, not mechanical coercion. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 219; Modern Caesarism is police-run rather than military-run — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 859; Caesarist solutions can operate through parliament without any heroic personality — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 855 (+1 more)

Related

• Caesar’s and Napoleon I’s Caesarism was transformative; Napoleon III’s was merely quantitative (similarity 0.90)
• Modern Caesarism is police-run rather than military-run (similarity 0.87)
• Caesarist solutions can operate through parliament without any heroic personality (similarity 0.87)
• Party unity must rest on conviction, not mechanical coercion. (similarity 0.83)
• Caesarism can serve either progressive or reactionary forces depending on concrete history (similarity 0.81)
• Caesarism emerges when two forces reach an organic equilibrium neither can win (similarity 0.80)
• Coalition governments are potential first stages of Caesarism, not bulwarks against it (similarity 0.80)
• Effective revolutionary parties unite force with consent dialectically (similarity 0.79)
• Caesarism describes compromise regimes without equating fascism with capitalism (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Modern Caesarism is police-run rather than military-run #corroborates (0.92) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 859
• Caesarist solutions can operate through parliament without any heroic personality #expands (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 855