Today's New York Times has a very lengthy opinion piece on the issue raised by Gary and commented on by others. It includes comments from a number of historians of various political views, including two leftists, Eric Foner and Greg Gandin. I think it's worth looking at for the variety of perspectives and opinions.
I think Grandin's opinion is worthy of consideration: Over the short term. Greg Grandin ( https://history.yale.edu/people/greg-grandin ) , a professor of history at Yale, sees the Trump challenge petering out, but he argues that the challenge represents a long-term threat to American governance: > > > > I think it is dangerous, less for what is going to happen in this moment — > I imagine Trump will give up, in some form, and we will have a series of > “bent not broken op-eds.” > > > > > > Over time, however, > > > > > > we see a pattern. First, in terms of ever more extremist right wing > presidencies, there is an evolution: Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and now Trump. > Each would have been unthinkable were it not for the precedent and > policies of their predecessor. Second, I think Trump and Trumpism signal a > weakening, or a collapse, of the two-party system’s ability to absorb > tensions and conflicts. > > A few decades from now, Grandin wrote in his email, “Trump will be seen as significant, but really just a minor blip compared to the crisis that lay ahead.” from "What Is Trump Playing at" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/opinion/trump-concession-transition.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3409): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/3409 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/78125512/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
