The powers of the presidency today are infinitely stronger than they were in the early 1970s when Arthur Schlesinger coined 'the imperial presidency' to describe the Nixon-era presidency that was then seen as having gone too far.

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Dan Carlin

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that dates back from a book from the early '70s that Arthur Schlesinger wrote and he's writing about the presidency from his era... The Nixonian presidency

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Dan Carlin Explains Why Autocracy in America Was Inevitable (Making Sense #433)Sam Harris
Created: 6/18/2026, 1:59:27 PM

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