…to expend energy exploring the implications of the so-called \u201cAge of Trump\u201d is to engage in a fool\u2019s errand. Trump\u2019s antics serve to obscure the real story. Indeed, in a fundamental sense, the Trump phenomenon represents the embodiment of \u201cfake news.\u201d <\/p>\n
The real story is this: Ours is an \u201cAge of Autonomy,\u201d in which received norms\u2014the basis of freedom as my grandmother understood the term\u2014are losing their authority. This is notably the case with regard to norms that derive from religious tradition. How and whether the forces displacing those norms\u2014science, the market, Big Data, social media\u2014will foster a durable basis for a morally grounded community is at present impossible to foresee. <\/p>\n
Yet this much is for sure. Long after Trump has retired to Mar-a-Lago, the revolution that predates his rise to prominence will continue, with implications far outweighing anything he\u2014or any other president\u2014may do. Someday even the New York Times may notice.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n I will take comments on this submitted by email only to KSHarmon[at]mindspring[dot]com<\/i>.<\/p>\n at the present time; Not the \u2018Age of Trump\u2019-But It Is the Age of Something by Andrew J. Bacevich https:\/\/t.co\/ExkaJdmsn8<\/a> #culturewatch<\/a> 2\/2<\/p>\n — Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) June 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n