From Donald Trump to Black Lives Matter, from grotesque income inequality accompanied by the desiccation of middle and working classes, leading to the adventitious rise of both populism and progressivism, the schisms, upheavals, and ruptures of current society have deep-rooted historical antecedents.

It wasn’t always like this, and the sustainability of the nation, its political heritage, stability and well-being, and world position, are at stake.