There Is Nothing New Under the Sun

I know I’m a little late to the party, but I finally watched HBO’s miniseries John Adams (a birthday gift from my parents).  Beyond the gritty realism of late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century American life that the series depicts, I was struck by just how many of the problems we grapple with today also faced the America of Adams’ day (yes, I was aware of this from my high school and college courses on American history, but the lesson seems so much more vivid when it’s depicted  on-screen).

Crippling national debt?  Check.

Massive waves of immigration feared to be changing America’s traditional national identity?  Check.

Indefinite detention of persons the president suspects to be enemies?  Check.

Debates over tax increases to finance internal improvements (i.e. “infrastructure”)?  Check.

Bitter partisanship?  Check.

Regional sectionalism?  Check.

Media bias?  Check.

Skepticism over a central bank?  Check.

Power struggles between the “elites” and the “common man” (i.e.  “establishment” vs. “grassroots”)?  Check.

Now, my point is not that these are age-old problems to be ignored because they’ve always been with us and always will be, but instead that these problems are not unique to our day.  Contrary to what some may say, we don’t need to scrap our Constitution and fundamentally restructure our government to address them, appoint new czars or add a new federal agency.  Follow the examples we have been given by previous generations of Americans who have faced these problems; they made tough calls and sometimes unpopular calls, but the republic has emerged safely–and in some cases stronger–because of them.

Who knew watching HBO could be an educational experience?!

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