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- noun A
cyclical theory ofpolitical evolution .
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His conclusion, called anacyclosis, was that every form of government carries its own corruption inside it like an egg — kingship rots into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, democracy into mob rule — and the wheel turns, predictably, forever.
Has America Crossed the Asshole Threshold? Carlyn Beccia 2026
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