The root of all this has been a disillusionment with Liberalism. Which may have put itself on a pedestal after the fall of the Soviet Union, and then knocked of

The root of all this has been a disillusionment with Liberalism. Which may have put itself on a pedestal after the fall of the Soviet Union, and then knocked off during the first decade of the 21st century through overreach: * The response to the 9/11 that lead to multiple western military quagmires * A financial crisis followed by a recession, with lots of rhetoric that placed blame on regular Americans * Privatization of public services that did not bear meaningful fruit Basically we ran head-first into some real limitations of Liberalism. Edit: For what it’s worth I think 2022 showed the opposite with Russia’s own military quagmire, the unrest in Iran, and Xi’s China we are now seeing the limitations of authoritarian regimes.