Instead, a series of smaller conflicts — religious versus secular, nationalist versus globalist, white versus nonwhite — were all merging into a larger polarity, ruling class versus Middle America. Photo“Middle American groups are more and more coming to perceive their exploitation at the hands of the dominant elites. They swung to whichever party seemed most likely to resist the ruling class, but neither party really provided a solution. “If Buchanan loses the nomination, it will be because his time has not yet come,” Francis wrote. The moment would end up coming in 2016, 11 years after Francis’ death.

Source: New York Times September 22, 2017 07:18 UTC