I agree with all that.So, though we can learn from the past, we also have to keep in mind all that has changed. The level of disconnection, atomization, and…7h ago17h ago1
By the way, the optimistic and hopeful vision driven by curiosity, wonder, and awe is called…I have a pronoiac view of humanity and society. Events and conditions are, in a way, 'conspiring' toward progress, however slow and…9h ago19h ago1
As a GenX American, I've had front row seats in watching the steady decline of my country over the…You know it's heading to a horrible end for those involved, but there is no way to intervene and stop it. It's only after the crash has…10h ago110h ago1
The article I just submitted to Fourth Wave could be taken as a companion piece to this one.We need to dig deeper into the populist disgruntlement and outrage that has taken hold of our society. There is more to populism than how…10h ago110h ago1
It is a lot of info to pack into a single comment.MAGA foot soldiers, of course, would be mostly RWAs. Then again, there is also a RWA element in the Democratic Party, as it's still the…1d ago1d ago
The larger argument I mentioned can be found in other pieces I've written.My interest, though, has much to do with the human psyche and identity. I picked up the idea of a revolution of the mind from John Adams…1d ago11d ago1
As I like to emphasize, I'm an under-educated or rather self-educated dilettante, not a scholarly…We don't have to rely on secondhand analyses, summaries, conclusions, opinions, and reports. Much of the polling and survey data, for…1d ago11d ago1
The founders were a mixed lot.Yet there were a few genuine radical (proto-)leftists and left-liberals among them. The working class Thomas Paine is the most famous…1d ago11d ago1
This somewhat relates to the piece I was working on about the alt-right and far right, particularly…The actual right-wing views, such as overt bigotry, that they hold might only represent a relatively small percentage of their ideologies…1d ago1d ago
Let me respond here to the piece you're working on, "Most of the American Public is Far Left of Our…US Demographics & Increasing Progressivism1d ago21d ago2
