America has faced a multitude of external challenges throughout its existence as a nation-state. Today, the threat appears to be different – growing domestic political violence. The brutal murders of Republican activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and Democrat politician Melissa Hortman in Minnesota, along with her husband, provide worrying examples. There are, of course, many more. Reuters reports that there have been over 300 incidents of political violence in America since the 6th of January Insurrection. Should we be afraid?

We bled in foreign fields to crush the evils of fascism, dictatorship, and imperial ambition. Following WWII , we met a different kind of challenge, providing the necessary economic assistance to a shattered Europe in the form of the Marshall Plan. We

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