Our Elites Still Don’t Get It - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."

David Book, "Our Elites Still Don’t Get It," New York Times

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Excerpt:

Freedom without covenant becomes selfishness. And that’s what we see at the
top of society, in our politics and the financial crisis. Freedom without connection
becomes alienation. And that’s what we see at the bottom of society — frayed
communities, broken families, opiate addiction. Freedom without a unifying
national narrative becomes distrust, polarization and permanent political war. ...