You're quite right. Our antibodies seem to be working. But...
While I'm normally allergic to drawing parallels to Germany — the Weimar Republic survived, and thrived, fully a decade after the Beerhall Putsch. (I am, for the record, decidedly not saying that the Jan6 types are equivalent to Hitler's brownshirts. It's just to say that threa…
You're quite right. Our antibodies seem to be working. But...
While I'm normally allergic to drawing parallels to Germany — the Weimar Republic survived, and thrived, fully a decade after the Beerhall Putsch. (I am, for the record, decidedly not saying that the Jan6 types are equivalent to Hitler's brownshirts. It's just to say that threats from within tend to ebb and flow.)
I think we overestimate the efficacy of particular groups and movements, but underestimate the undercurrent of anger and frustration out there. I just finished watching This Place Rules, the HBO doc about the lead-up to Jan6 (the filmmaker, unfortunately, was just accused of sexual misconduct by two women.) It's a very, very unsettling look at our current alienation.
You're quite right. Our antibodies seem to be working. But...
While I'm normally allergic to drawing parallels to Germany — the Weimar Republic survived, and thrived, fully a decade after the Beerhall Putsch. (I am, for the record, decidedly not saying that the Jan6 types are equivalent to Hitler's brownshirts. It's just to say that threats from within tend to ebb and flow.)
I think we overestimate the efficacy of particular groups and movements, but underestimate the undercurrent of anger and frustration out there. I just finished watching This Place Rules, the HBO doc about the lead-up to Jan6 (the filmmaker, unfortunately, was just accused of sexual misconduct by two women.) It's a very, very unsettling look at our current alienation.
So, you're counseling that "eternal vigilance" stuff, then. Damn. Back to work.