Donald Trump, an indicted former president, leads the GOP primary race, the House starts an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden without firm evidence, the government comes within hours of shutting down, a retiring military leader clashes with Trump. Taken together, the state of US politics today is the kind of scenario no one has witnessed in the 247-year history of the American experiment in democracy.
Donald Trump, an indicted former president, leads the GOP primary race, the House starts an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden without firm evidence, the government comes within hours of shutting down, a retiring military leader clashes with Trump. Taken together, the state of US politics today is the kind of scenario no one has witnessed in the 247-year history of the American experiment in democracy.
“A mind that is anxious about the future and unhappy before misfortune even arrives is a disaster,” wrote the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca. For those unable to take Seneca’s advice to stop worrying, there’s plenty to fret about in our time, from immediate concerns to the existential threats.