So I largely agree about Rich Lowry, although I still enjoy his hosting on The Editors. I’ve also known that Continetti has taken a more populist-sympathetic turn. However, I’m not sure what you really object to in the text you shared of his article. Other than the perhaps overly optimistic tone, it’s all basically correct. Our constitutional system is stronger than European parliamentary systems. Our economy is stronger than everyone else. Our place in the world still has advantages no other country has. I guess I’d say that we aren’t in a particularly good place, but every other country is in a worse place so by comparison we’re doing alright. We have challenges, but I’d take ours every day over every other country.
I’m also more confident than you that our constitutional safeguards will limit the damage Trump can do. Not that I think he will be a good president, but that our founders designed a good system which will contain even a man like Trump. They designed it not for the ideal scenario but for the likely scenario in a flawed world with flawed people.
So I largely agree about Rich Lowry, although I still enjoy his hosting on The Editors. I’ve also known that Continetti has taken a more populist-sympathetic turn. However, I’m not sure what you really object to in the text you shared of his article. Other than the perhaps overly optimistic tone, it’s all basically correct. Our constitutional system is stronger than European parliamentary systems. Our economy is stronger than everyone else. Our place in the world still has advantages no other country has. I guess I’d say that we aren’t in a particularly good place, but every other country is in a worse place so by comparison we’re doing alright. We have challenges, but I’d take ours every day over every other country.
I’m also more confident than you that our constitutional safeguards will limit the damage Trump can do. Not that I think he will be a good president, but that our founders designed a good system which will contain even a man like Trump. They designed it not for the ideal scenario but for the likely scenario in a flawed world with flawed people.