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He says the narrative that America is a force for good no longer holds across left or right, with the left seeing America as founded on slavery and violence and the right seeing it as destructive empire.
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Narrative Collapse
He summarizes the civil-war causal triad as militarized society, breakdown of shared narratives, and collapse of trusted authority figures.
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He summarizes the civil-war causal triad as militarized society, breakdown of shared narratives, and collapse of trusted authority figures.
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"Consumers have thousands of dollars in credit card debt. You can no longer afford houses. If you buy a house, you can't pay off..."
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"And then you look at what's happening in Israel, right? Well, more young people now believe that America is a force of evil in..."
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"They're always lying to us, right? New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, they're just liars, okay? So, no one trusts the media anymore. Then..."
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"And number three is there are no more authority figures, no more institutions that can bring people together. They're going to divide people, okay?..."
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A June 2024 lecture arguing that the next American civil war will not repeat 1861.
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