Interesting reading, thanks for sharing Nic. I would need to read the pieces in their entirety to see if I missed something. As the excerpts or summaries stand, any analysis of what has happened to American society that does not include America’s legacy of slavery, systemic racism, marginalization and oppression of indigenous peoples and culture of misogyny is for me, missing the mark entirely. As for Charles Murray’s disdain for the “social welfare state” and his decrying the loss of “the white middle class ideal of American Society” well the best thing I can say about him is that at least he is transparent about his racism and misogyny. I for one don’t yearn for the values of the 1950’s when white privilege was very much the norm as is still is today (but at least today we are talking about it) and women were relegated to the kitchen and frequently the back of their husband’s hands in the privacy of their white middle class homes.
I agree. Where is our Lincoln? Where is our Washington? I'll take a Truman. The more you read about some of our best former presidents, the greater the contrast and the more appalling the reality of the Trump presidency becomes.
Interesting reading, thanks for sharing Nic. I would need to read the pieces in their entirety to see if I missed something. As the excerpts or summaries stand, any analysis of what has happened to American society that does not include America’s legacy of slavery, systemic racism, marginalization and oppression of indigenous peoples and culture of misogyny is for me, missing the mark entirely. As for Charles Murray’s disdain for the “social welfare state” and his decrying the loss of “the white middle class ideal of American Society” well the best thing I can say about him is that at least he is transparent about his racism and misogyny. I for one don’t yearn for the values of the 1950’s when white privilege was very much the norm as is still is today (but at least today we are talking about it) and women were relegated to the kitchen and frequently the back of their husband’s hands in the privacy of their white middle class homes.
I agree. Where is our Lincoln? Where is our Washington? I'll take a Truman. The more you read about some of our best former presidents, the greater the contrast and the more appalling the reality of the Trump presidency becomes.
Another great article.
I honestly couldn't understand how a tabloid celeb with no political history could become President of what was then our great country.
I would imagine that the majority believed
that he was a better choice than Mrs.Clinton.
I also wonder how much Russian meddling had to do with it. "Make America Great" made America look foolishly weak.
Thanks Nic.