"No one, now, can deny that the western world is in a political crisis comparable to those of 1789-1815, 1859-71, and 1929-45. It is, and will almost surely remain, less violent, but it may be just as consequential. And like the first of those crises, it comes, more than anything else, from a complete breakdown of understanding between the elites and the masses of the people." DK
Thought provoking....
These are some of my thoughts on the above:
Western Civilization has been in a political crisis, more or less continually, since around 1763, the end of the Seven Years War.
Its religious crisis, which he does not discuss, but which actually partially underlies the political crisis, goes back to before Luther, and was violent throughout Europe until the mid 17th Century.
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