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[quote=Anonymous]I generally think David Brooks is pretty thoughtful. But what he seems to be lamenting is the loss of a caste system - a society where everyone knows their role and can excel in it and be valued for their contribution to the greater good. There's a meaning to life in that construct. The Enlightenment changes that with its focus on reason and individual happiness, which is pretty much the foundation of western civilization.

I'm not sure how Trump features in this. In many ways he's an autocrat who believes in a command economy that the government controls. Among Republicans today, their preference is for a government that chooses winners and losers. And it's fealty to Trump that decides who wins and who loses. There's no good here. But there is a yearning to be a part of something larger than the individual. And so we have a red team or blue team America. Which is unsatisfying for everyone. But there is a genuine yearning in most humans to be a part of something larger - and reason and the pursuit of individual happiness doesn't hit that space. Republicans have chosen a cult of the individual and a command economy. And Democrats don't know what the hell they're doing and offer no vision whatsoever. So the gravitational pull is going to be toward the red team, which at least offers some meaning and purpose - terrible as it might be. Whereas Democrats offer only nothingness and banalities. [/quote]

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