The 250-Year Decline of American Exceptionalism ^86.5%

Jacobin - By Nelson Lichtenstein - 7/4/2026, 8:55 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 64.2% - Negativity Bias 50.6% - Biased Writer Voice 38.7%

It is impossible to revisit the American Revolution without raising the question: Did that late eighteenth-century conflict create a truly new kind of society, an “exceptional” nation that has ameliorated class conflict and sustained capitalist hegemony for more than 250 years? With Donald Trump in the White House and MAGA in power on so... more