Thoreau called the “quiet desperation” of
ordinary men? The old complacent consensus that used to make the US one of the most
politically stable – and small “c” conservative – countries in the world, has
suddenly exploded into an epidemic of outrageous uncivil behaviour and
incoherent rhetoric on the one side (Trump), and emotive, unsupported threats
against the “big banks” on the other
Has Obama left a legacy in America (in Thoreau's words) of a 'quiet desperation of ordinary men'
Has Obama left a legacy in America (in Thoreau's words) of a 'quiet desperation of ordinary men'
The old complacent consensus that used to make the US one of the most
politically stable – and small “c” conservative – countries in the world, has
suddenly exploded into an epidemic of outrageous uncivil behaviour and
incoherent rhetoric on the one side (Trump), and emotive, unsupported threats
against the “big banks” on the other (Sanders)
Trump (as Simon Jenkins) has it is the Leicester City of American politics.
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