My hope is that this is the best note you read all week.
I came across an article by Lee Smith entitled Assabiya Wins Every time several times over multiple mediums last week. Let’s call this my “book report” of his slightly lengthy piece, with my opinion (for free) 🙂 . I condensed it as much as I can…. really great read.
Assabiya, in my words, is the cycle of a society becoming powerful and ultimately weak and falling. The first half of the essay gets into history… but I am more concerned with the comparison to American society today.
For our elite, the fall began during the tail end of the Bill Clinton presidency when Democratic Party strategists augured that they’d soon have a permanent hold on power thanks to urban intellectuals, young single women, racial and ethnic majorities, and the LGBT community. What is described as a coalition…
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