Vertical War in America
from Edifice of Trust Hosted by Victor C. Bolles
The horizontal nature of American society (as described by Gordon S. Wood in his book The Radicalism of the American Revolution) is a key factor in what makes our country exceptional. But over time that exceptional social structure, which empowers millions of citizens, has been eroded as more and more power becomes concentrated in Washington. In this commentary we look at how our current divisiveness, that recently claimed Charlie Kirk as a casualty, is a struggle between the right and the left to control all that power.
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