Newfie wrote:OK Tanada I surrender. Your superior historical knowledge is of no doubt. And I still enjoy you posts. I didn’t think I was selling our historical leaders short, I was making a POTENTIAL equivelence between two specific folks. So if I muffed the analogy my apologies.
But please don’t let that stop you from schooling me, I may not always agree but I enjoy the discussion.
Back somewhere near topic....I don’t expect any new era to come from the Trump administration. I see it as a temporary disruptor.
I think clearly the D core is holding, it does not seem to giving over to any significant reforms. Trump does not seem to be building a party behind him. Even if he is re-elected it will still be merely an 8 year blip. Then back to where we came from. Few fundamental changes.
Perhaps if Trump does win a second term the D’s will see some significant reform towards democracy. Or, unlikely, a third party will emerge. That would be interesting.
Apologies, History is my first true love and I have often felt that people could do so much better if they would pay attention to its many lessons. The thing is I think you do fairly well paying attention to history, you just triggered my hot button when you seemed to casually dismiss the achievements of Alexander the Great. When I was about 8 years old I got a national Geographic map, taped it up on my wall and colored in his empire because it was as far back as I knew about at the time. I have always loved libraries so the stories about the Library of Alexandria always got my attention.