America’s political woes are intrinsic to its culture. The rest of the world should jump off all the…

America’s political woes are intrinsic to its culture. The rest of the world should jump off all the comparisons with European fascism, it’s not what’s going on. The Puritan foundations of the US put mistrust of authority right at the root of its cultural DNA. 1/3 https://t.co/voSH36Rl93

Americans tend to see any attempt to lead as ‘authoritarianism’ of one form or another. It’s a reflex action. The enemy is always within for them, their own institutions. They’re continuously re-animating that earliest Puritan shift. 2/3

The rhetoric is hyperbolic, always. Much of it is symbolism, mass performance. It rarely leads to any significant change there. Everything is Hollywood politics. I would still be confident the Trump years will just fizzle out. Though their end of empire is real. /end