Commentary Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest American presidents, presciently warned about the situation in which both the U.S., Australia and much of the Anglosphere find themselves today. “Freedom,” he said, “is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. “It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” Much of the great success of the English-speaking world, has been in its long attachment to constitutionalism. This operated on an eternal truth succinctly identified by the great historian Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Former U.S. President James Maddison had previously stated a corollary, “If men were angels, no government …