Ten Traits of Empire: That Every Person Should Know
About this audiobook
A wave of authoritarianism is sweeping the globe, tempting nations—and individuals—toward a darker path. Yet few are taught to recognize the signs. What are the core traits of empire? How do they operate, both openly and in subtle disguise?
In this urgent and illuminating work, the author outlines ten defining traits of empire—how it dominates, deceives, and dehumanizes—and shows how these patterns repeat across history and nations, including our own. By naming these traits, we gain the clarity needed to resist effectively.
But the book doesn't stop there. It wrestles with deeper questions: Can there be such a thing as a good empire? Is a more just and democratic future still possible? And how do we resist empire without becoming like it?
This work invites readers into a courageous inquiry into history, power, and conscience—with the hope that we might still build a freer, richer world for all.
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About the author
With a major in Philosophy and a Masters in Psychology, the author has an interest in interdisciplinary studies. He designed and taught courses on the Personal Archetype in Western Civilization, the History of Madness and World Indigenous Studies. His recent, detailed books of the generational mapping of historical time in World History, U.S. History and Ancestral Pueblo History, have led him to consider the main traits of empire. As a founding parent of an elementary charter school which featured arts integration, he also feels an obligation to convey knowledge simply and to be accessible to all.
