The US has been rocked by the worst race riots since 1968. The main difference is that its great institutions – president, Congress, the courts – were stronger back then.
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Back in March, as America went into its COVID-19 shutdown, Politico published a long article featuring the thoughts of the Great and the Good about the contagion’s likely impact.
The majority were positive. It presaged, they averred, “a decline in polarisation”, “a new kind of patriotism”, innovative “reform”, science-based thinking, and so on.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/america-has-been-here-before-but-this-time-it-is-weak-20200604-p54zob
