Jonathan Turley | 02-07-26

Jonathan Turley introduces his book Rage and the Republic, which examines how the American Revolution succeeded where the French Revolution failed by prioritizing liberty over direct democracy. Turley argues that the American founders purposefully paired their political framework with the capitalist theories of Adam Smith, believing that individual freedom is impossible without economic independence. He warns that modern "new Jacobins" who advocate for radical constitutional changes and socialist policies risk leading the nation toward a mobocracy and eventual tyranny.