HT to Tom Sullivan over at Hullabaloo for an excellent article , which leads to two articles, one by Rick Perlstein and the other by Tina Dupuy
While I always find German comparisons unfortunate, Perlstein makes the comparison not through historical comparison, but by contrasting German and American abilities (or lack there of) to confront trauma. I think he nails it.
The establishment in America is woefully unprepared. The public is woefully unprepared. Most generals and politicians make the same mistake, they fight the last war, not the one they are in.
Clinton, in her concession speech, did the normal thing. Obama has, and will, also do the normal thing. It’s done like that to protect the markets, and to protect long standing international relationships. It’s understandable, even expected for them to do that. After all, they are connected to those markets. But most of America is not, and will suffer the rampages of Trumpism.
We are in a different battle now.
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