"America, in the logical spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, was exceptional among modern societies in slowly evolving from its original, largely European immigrant population to a 21st-century assimilated, integrated, and intermarried multiracial society, in which religious and racial affiliations were incidental, not essential, to one's public character and identity,"
writes National Review's Victor Davis Hanson. "But such a bold experiment was always tenuous and against the cruel grain of history, in which the hard work of centuries could be easily torn apart by the brief demagoguery of the moment. Unfortunately, President Obama, ever since he first appeared on the national political scene in 2008, has systematically adopted a rhetoric and an agenda that is predicated on dividing up the country according to tribal grievances, in hopes of recalibrating various factions into a majority grievance culture."
A majority grievance culture is the lifeblood of progressives, whose power is predicated on keeping Americans divided by race, color, religion, gender and class.
We are rapidly approaching the inflection point of this bankrupt proposition, one where Americans either remember or discover the exceptional nature of our history and culture, or reject it for a nihilistic tribalism whose ultimate destination is anarchy or totalitarian rule.
As I have said in this space before, Donald Trump is an extremely flawed candidate. But it is not a choice between Trump and Clinton in November. It is a choice between Trump and
fascism. The kind of fascism where an FBI director freely admits Hillary was not only allowed to testify without being put under oath, but no recording or transcript of her testimony was made. The kind of fascism where the United States Attorney General meets with Clinton's husband,
defends the meeting in
testimony before Congress, and refuses to explains her own thinking about Hillary's email investigation. It is the kind of fascism where progressives no longer feel the need to even
pretend they have legitimacy or adhere to the rule of law.
What kind of people do that? People who believe their power is
absolute.