A scholar’s decades’ old observation about the conditions in which dictators thrive could be describing the US today.
When US President Joe Biden opened his State of the Union address, he sought to harness a collective nostalgia for America’s past.
Biden is seeking to restore a sense of pride in America's history and its role on the world stage, by reinstalling an erstwhile patriotism founded on principles of democracy and egalitarianism. Biden’s first term has been littered with foreign issues over which he has limited control, with the war in Gaza, Russia’s invasion in Ukraine and the chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan creating an air of instability.The Democratic leader has, though, made significant inroads domestically, having passed landmark legislation on infrastructure, healthcare and climate change, overseeing a drop in violent crime and an easing of inflation from 9.1 per cent in 2022 to 3.
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