[wintertime]

Without knowledge of the likes of Locke and Burke, Hamilton and Jefferson, my country is doomed to either unbridled radicalism or continued repression.

Three other elements are missing as well.

**America, being so isolated from England had several generations of experience in self-rule on the local level.

**Protestant Christian morals and ethics. Protestant churches, again being isolated from England, had a long tradition of self-management.

**Americans in 1776 were heavily armed and those on the frontier were very experienced in Indian guerrilla tactics.

[SE Mom]

1642: CNN’s Ivan Watson in Cairo tweets: “Nightfall. Bloody battle continues to rage here in Tahrir Square. We are trapped inside with the opposition, who say they’ll fight to death.”

[SE Mom]

Very insightful analysis.