America is anxious, and awesomely powerful

America is anxious, and awesomely powerful

Restlessness is what prevents the republic from sinking into stagnation

The Economist, 

FROM THE start, 250 years ago, America’s founders believed that their republic would shine out as an example to all humanity. But the republic was also an experiment, and they feared that it could soon collapse into disorder or tyranny. Such has been the dance throughout America’s extraordinary history. Slavery and xenophobia, corruption and robber barons, civil war and world war have all jostled the republic even as America rose to become the beacon of the free world.

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(*) https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/07/02/america-is-anxious-and-awesomely-powerful