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I get pleasure from thumbing by outdated books in thrift shops. In a latest outing I ran throughout some cowl notes in a tattered paperback that summarized the Renaissance as follows: “The interval was characterised by the institution of the scientific technique, the rise of free inquiry, the expansion of commerce…Within the arts and literature, Greek antiquity was rediscovered and was mirrored within the drama by the reassertion of the dignity and worth of human life, the fantastic thing about nature, and the enjoyment of dwelling.”
Within the first 100 days of Trump’s second presidency, the cultural legacies of the Renaissance are nowhere to be discovered. Certainly, guided by the authors of Undertaking 2025, the far proper has begun dismantling the Renaissance-inspired infrastructure of contemporary American life, from science and regulation to training and commerce.
The results have a medieval vibe that appears extra in step with 1025 than 2025. With that in thoughts, I’ve listed under 10 traits of the Medieval world (in italics) with the same variety of factual statements about present occasions.
See in the event you can pair the listing of entries and are available to your personal conclusion about our future as residents of a democracy or as topics and serfs.
