Amazing article. So often I get the sense of pre-Revolutionary France where decadent, self-absorbed aristocracy gossiped about the affairs of the French Court and complained about their servants. There was a tidal wave coming that they didn't even see until it swept over them.
The French Revolution, rightly or wrongly, has been portrayed as an uprising of the "common people" against a corrupt ruling class. Unfortunately the new American Revolution would seem more like the consolidation of power of a corrupt ruling class over what's left of the American common people. It's not always easy to be objective about a tidal wave that's sweeping over you.
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