The citizens of America are irrevocably split between Democratic socialists, who desire a global socialist nation, and natural rights conservatives, who want nothing to do with socialism. There are no shared cultural values that bind the citizens into a common national mission. In the absence of shared cultural values, there is no force that compels voluntary obedience of citizens to the rule of law. Madison’s concept of the American Representative Republic collapsed, for the same reasons as the Roman and Greek republics.
