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Rachel Maddow has a gift for filtering out the noise and distractions and narrowing her focus on the things to pay the MOST attention to - here’s her top 3 things to keep an eye on.
There're a number of phenomena that operate more or less independently here in the U.S.
1. Anti-intellectualism -- In the 20-30 or so years after independence a number of French authors, historians,etc. came here to see what kind of country their own government had helped birth. One of the big things many of them noticed was a pervasive distrust of anything even hinting of 'book-learning'. Not much has changed since then.
2. Religious fervor -- Around 1845 some preacher predicted the Second Comin…
All great points. One I think you likely forgot—cuz we’ve all been trying—is the Civil War never really ended. While it ended, Lincoln’s assassination and the revisionist “historians” like Daughters of the Confederacy made sure southern “heritage” would be loud and proud for generations to come. I grew up in the south and remember those monuments in town squares and asking my dad “Weren’t they on the wrong side of history?” He’d nod and sigh. Pride, prejudice, and willful ignorance is way more American than apple pie. Sad but true.