The national consciousness regresses to the level of the toddler, casting everything in stark terms of good and bad.
We are here to guide public opinion, not to discuss it.
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, 1804
By the calendar, the American republic is mature, but it’s becoming rapidly ever more infantilized. In everything from schooling to Covid-19 to race and global warming, we seem to be looking for simple, easy answers that a toddler might appreciate but healthy adults know are too pat to be true. read more »