When people talk about how society should be organized, the usual debates pop up: secular state, nation-state or not, democracy, monarchy, or Empire. The last one always sounds cooler—especially to the political right, that, unless it radicalizes a bit, can’t even scare the local boomer Karens.
Because when someone dreams of an Imperium, what they’re really dreaming of is a world where everyone pays tribute and is subject to the same bust, hung on every public wall next to the State flag.


