From Framers to Tyrants: The Long Arc of Emergency Power

The Constitution didn’t break. It evolved—through fear, loopholes, and precedent—into a tool of control. From blind trust to endless emergencies, this is how liberty gets rewritten.

Triptych showing the U.S. Founders, Bush-era leaders, and DeSantis; critiques the erosion of democracy through emergency powers framed as protection, ending in authoritarian drift.

What began as a hopeful blueprint for liberty has become a playbook for indefinite control, shaped by fear, justified by precedent, and weaponized in plain sight.

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