I think lots of opinion bloggers probably wonder, upon posting longer essays that attempt to tie together several cultural and economic phenomena and the layers of their implication, whether they did so with the cohesiveness for which they were striving. Sometimes it takes running across the work of a seasoned master to see that you were on the right track.
Such was the case when I came upon this American Interest piece by Walter Russell Mead called "American Tinderbox." He deftly ties together the recent uptick in urban violence, government insolvency, and the leftist push for societal "fairness" that has insunuated itself into public policy over the last 50 years.
In case my recent posts touching on these matters left anyone with points of confusion, Mead will certainly clear them up.
Hang down your head, Bobby's Boy, hang down your head and cry, Bobby's boy has to largely agree here, so what do we do now, throw the lawbreakers into already burgeoning prisons, refuse to line the trough, ship all the illegals back home and beef up Big Brothers/Big Sisters? A noble idea, I suppose, kinda like that war we fought back then, unwinnable, because we invaded a cesspool of genes unprepared for this wonderful life here? IF it is gonna take another 50 years for this all to evolve out "right" Bobby's great grandchildren will likely play some part.
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ReplyDeleteMy family has been doing that for centuries, on all sides and so, far, so good with the children and grandchildren. Bobby's kids? Different disease.
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