Source: Yascha Mounk
by Yascha Mounk
“We are living through a change in political dispensation, one whose magnitude is — at a conservative estimate — likely to resemble Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal or Ronald Reagan’s rebellion against the postwar consensus. A change in dispensation usually entails two stages. First, the old way of doing things runs out of steam. There is a long period in which it comes to look increasingly outmoded, its ability to solve problems palpably diminishes, and popular support for it gradually erodes. Then a new politician or political movement comes to power determined to disrupt the old order, often in a way that is — initially, and sometimes persistently — inchoate, chaotic or irresponsible. The first of these elements has been in evidence for at least a decade. The second fully kicked into gear on January 20, 2025.” (02/14/25)
https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/humpty-dumpty-had-a-great-fall