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Gone With The Wind

October 20, 2010 - 5:11 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Anglo-Saxon
2010-10-21 03:49:02

The coming overthrow of the soi-disant “elites” won’t be bloody. It will be like the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when a discredited malcontent (James ll) was driven out by a coalition of opponents and previous supporters who realized James’ modernization program was ruining the nation. The coalition invited William and Mary to occupy the throne and under their leadership proceeded to create the first modern state. It took at least ten years.
Something analogous is going to happen in the US. Driven by a set of principles that adheres to the Constitution and aware of the need to bring the great mass of the citizenry along, the reformers will create a new/old America that respects the past, addresses the present and prepares for the future. Some of it will be tough-going (all those stupid insults!). Some of it will be tedious. Some of it will require strategic compromise. But mostly it will be abso-bloody-lutely Amazing.