allows mobster tear down statues of lincoln and for the authorities to remove statues of lincoln preemptively. if you can t look up to lincoln, of course you have this void. anyone could step into a void this big. as i say, if we get the past into some kind of proper light, we could do the future better. if we just leave it empty, anything can happen. finally i want because you talk about the lack of context, a lack of understanding historically, i just i read your book and i m reminded though of a lot of things that i ve read, whether it was from harold bloom in the western cannon or the closing of the american mind and i want to read this quote to you. it s from his 1987 book the closing of the american mind , this is what allen moon discussed on the changing perceptions of the founding fathers. he said radicals succeeded in promoting a popular conviction that the founding was an the american principles are racist. thus, openness is driven out the local deities leaving
promoting a popular conviction that the founding was an the american principles are racist. thus, openness is driven out the local deities leaving only the speechless and meaningless country. there is no immediate sense you ll experience of the nation s meaning or its project. which would provide the basis for adult reflection on regimes and statesmanship. students now arrive at university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be inspired by it or seriously critical of it. douglas, that sounds familiar. this find that has been going on for sometime. horribly familiar. alan bloom was diagnosing in the 1980 what was wrong in the campuses. we all live on campus now. you know, the ideas that gestate on campus spill out very fast these days and we all live in that period of being cynical. as i say in the war in the west, every child could be told the