"Today, the belief in American exceptionalism has vanished with the end of empire, the weakening of power, the loss of faith in the nation's future." Sound familiar? It could be a lament from anyone in Donald Trump's camp or from Trump himself. Actually, it is an excerpt from a 1976 article by Daniel Bell, a self-described "socialist in economics," whose view of America's role in the world reflected a dour minimalism, in contrast to Donald Trump's muscular
"Today, the belief in American exceptionalism has vanished with the end of empire, the weakening of power, the loss of faith in the nation's future." Sound familiar? It could be a lament from anyone in Donald Trump's camp or from Trump himself. Actually, it is an excerpt from a 1976 article by Daniel Bell, a self-described "socialist in economics," whose view of America's role in the world reflected a dour minimalism, in contrast to Donald Trump's muscular appeal to greatness.
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