# From Spoiled Sons of Liberty to Surveillance Leviathan: America’s Six Republics and the Myth of Eternal Union

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Podcast: [Audio Mises Wire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748)
Published: 2026-07-21T17:17:57+00:00
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Most Americans, unfortunately, believe that we are still living in the constitutional republic created in 1787. That was five republics ago. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/spoiled-sons-liberty-surveillance-leviathan-americas-six-republics-and-myth-eternal-union

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