The intractable debates, the splintering factions, the radicalizing rhetoric, the eroding norms and the scorched earth threats of the right-wing…
Change a few names and dates, and the yellowed newspaper headlines from 1860 could almost be confused for the rage-filled tweets and op-eds of 2024 punditry.
History, as always, has an uncanny way of rhyming.
https://medium.com/westenberg/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it-how-2024-rhymes-with-the-1850s-3090129fe770
Joan Westenberg /
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2024-06-11 23:04:42
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