The Levellers reproduced the thesis of royal absolutism in reverse

Evidence

With the Levellers we find an almost litera] version of the very thesis of royal absolutism itself. What the Levellers will say is this: “The monarchy is perfectly right to say that the mvasion, defeat, and Conquest did take place. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 3634

Categorization

• XREF: A structural echo of the way oppositional discourse can reproduce the very framework it opposes — relevant to critiques of Islamophobia discourse borrowing Orientalist frames.