In substance, he wrote that its emergence was, of course, a major event. I remember the pages that Hegel devoted to the newborn United States in his Lessons on the Philosophy of History. Unfortunately, it is also more worrisome.Īnd upon hearing it, one will understand that the position of the world’s policeman, the protector of democratic values, or even the loyal ally of those I fault it for abandoning is not quite “natural” for the strange country that is America. With this background, I have a simpler explanation.
At the time, the country induced in this friendly observer a sense of vertigo. Thirteen years ago, retracing the footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville, I wrote a book about it.
Was it an isolated and temporary deviation?Ĭan the blame be placed solely on an ignorant, inconsistent president?
