Robert J. Rei

Robert J. Rei

Essay I — The Circle That No Longer Closes

On the Geometry of a Nation That Lost Its Center

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Robert J. Rei
Nov 05, 2025
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“The crowd seeks not truth but participation in power.”
— Elias Canetti, Crowds and Power (1960)

Every system believes its circle is unbroken until the gap becomes visible from above.

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