The larger our governments, the greater the competition for their spoils—therefore our divisions. “There simply is so much at stake today. As a result, our governments that benefit so many, employ so many, and tax so widely—in short our governments that pick so many winners and losers—are understandably subject to an intense competition for their control.” So writes author Thomas Del Beccaro in this fascinating study of the history of political unity and division in the US, from the Revolution to the adoption of the Constitution, the Civil War through Reconstruction, The Gilded Age to our present Divided Era. While we have had our conflicts over large issues and the role of government in the past, and still do today, an emerging cause of the partisanship and division we now know today did not exist at our nation’s founding. Our governments were smaller, levied minimal taxes, and thus held out fewer spoils for citizens to fight over. Can the US find its way back to being a less divided country? Yes, says Del Beccaro, but only if citizens understand the growing source of our divisions: ever larger governments. Americans must demand that government shrink back to a less divisive size and scope and support leaders capable of setting unifying goals—for which Del Beccaro offers five key strategies. In fact, the consequences of not slimming the behemoth governments—federal, state, and local—will only lead to an ever widening divide, and more acrimonious and harmful partisanship. The Divided Era lays out the case for smaller government, more responsive political leadership, and ultimately a more cohesive citizenry.
These are the only ways to calm our anger, forge a new path forward, and deal with twentyfirst-century challenges.
Martin Luther King to Langston Hughes, December 29, 1959, reprinted in Clayborne Carson, Tenisha Armstrong, Susan Carson, Adrienne Clay, and Kieran Taylor, eds. The Papers of Martin Luther King, vol. 5 (Berkeley: University of ...
These are the only ways to calm our anger, forge a new path forward, and deal with twentyfirst-century challenges.
The distinguished lineup of contributors promises to make this book "must" reading for both novice and serious students of elections, Congress, and the presidency.
H. H. Kavanaugh to Joshua Soule, May 24, 1865, Joshua Soule Papers, MARBL, Emory University. 33. Geo. F. Pierce, H. N. McTyeire, C. M. Lee, and J. E. Evans, “To the Conferences of the Meth. Prot. Church,” May 11, 1867, Methodist Leaders ...
With the ultimate goal of teaching us how to connect with each other more fully, Mingling with the Enemy furnishes a road map for successfully traversing any and all hostile territories—without anyone getting blown up.
MINGLING WITH THE ENEMY: A Social Survival Guide for Our Divided Era
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With this go-to guide, readers will learn how to successfully intermingle, listen, and diffuse heated arguments or disagreements while remaining respectful.