I take pleasure in thumbing via previous books in thrift shops. In a latest outing I ran throughout some cowl notes in a tattered paperback that summarized the Renaissance as follows: “The interval was characterised by the institution of the scientific technique, the rise of free inquiry, the expansion of commerce…Within the arts and literature, Greek antiquity was rediscovered and was mirrored within the drama by the reassertion of the dignity and worth of human life, the great thing about nature, and the enjoyment of residing.”
Within the first 100 days of Trump’s second presidency, the cultural legacies of the Renaissance are nowhere to be discovered. Certainly, guided by the authors of Venture 2025, the far proper has begun dismantling the Renaissance-inspired infrastructure of contemporary American life, from science and regulation to schooling and commerce.
The results have a medieval vibe that appears extra in line with 1025 than 2025. With that in thoughts, I’ve listed under 10 traits of the Medieval world (in italics) with an analogous variety of factual statements about present occasions.
See in case you can pair the listing of entries and are available to your personal conclusion about our future as residents of a democracy or as topics and serfs.