> The first is that yes, the rule of law is illusory. It exists only because people believe in it.
And one of the most frustrating things about American politics as the populist level is that I find that a lot of people have no idea what "rule of law" even means. I don't know if it was in my curriculum, but I certainly didn't understand the concept until my late 20s. So I can excuse people for the ignorance, but it's still a problem.
> But increasingly the government of the US has grown to distrust its citizens.
It's not really a surprising reaction to a citizenry that distrusts its government. The kind of person that goes into a government job has been a kind of person that gets a fair amount of segregation in society. So while I agree with this statement,
> But there's another aspect: politically and culturally the US is two nations under one roof.
I suspect that it's not Republican v. Democrat. It's something more akin to public sector versus private sector. I'm not one to theorize about deep politics, so I can't draw the lines out less vaguely.
And one of the most frustrating things about American politics as the populist level is that I find that a lot of people have no idea what "rule of law" even means. I don't know if it was in my curriculum, but I certainly didn't understand the concept until my late 20s. So I can excuse people for the ignorance, but it's still a problem.
> But increasingly the government of the US has grown to distrust its citizens.
It's not really a surprising reaction to a citizenry that distrusts its government. The kind of person that goes into a government job has been a kind of person that gets a fair amount of segregation in society. So while I agree with this statement,
> But there's another aspect: politically and culturally the US is two nations under one roof.
I suspect that it's not Republican v. Democrat. It's something more akin to public sector versus private sector. I'm not one to theorize about deep politics, so I can't draw the lines out less vaguely.