MAGA isn’t a new argument, but a continuation of a centuries old argument between traditional ideas of knowledge, authority, and society and the brash, exciting, and radical ideas developed during the Scientific Revolution (17th century), the Enlightenment (the 18th century), the Industrial Revolution and Nationalism (the 19th century), and continuing into our own time. We forget how shockingly radical secularism, liberal democracy, capitalism, urbanization, industrialization, and nationalism were to Western society as a whole, overturning centuries of traditional ways of living. Some of us never got over it. And the rest of us still struggle with the accelerated rate of cultural change as well as the dawning recognition that while we might consider ourselves heirs of the Enlightenment, we recognize that the heirs of the Counter-Enlightenment were not wrong when they predicted some of the modern problems it would create. Resources Sectional conflict: Regional differences | Period 5: 18...
We belong together. Despite who they vote for or party affiliation, all Americans committed to the rule of law and the peaceful transition of power under the US Constitution are presumed to be politically legitimate so long as they are not inciting or engaging in political violence.