Actually, democracy is a pretty fragile thing the norms that Trump represents, or I should say the lack of them, can destroy a democracy. Rather, I am concerned that the way he conducts himself, the example he sets, the self-inflation, the desperate need to pretend to know what he clearly does not, the replacement of the sincere search for truth (however provisional) with naked cynicism, the need for loyalty that destroys the civil service, the self-enrichment-all of this, and more-well, republican democracies are not that strong. What bugs me so much about Trump, though, is none of these things. We can debate how much taxing and inequality a society can stand, and you may be surprised how much I (a former HBR editor after all) care about keeping market conditions lively we can debate, as Breyer and Scalia debated, constitutional matters. I am still Canadian enough to see that the actions of a Commonwealth in healthcare, climate policy, infrastructure, gun-licensing, and so forth, are terribly important and can work without encroaching on the necessary liberties of people but I’m perfectly happy to have a conversation about each issue, one at a time, and know that we may disagree, probably will disagree, and still find plenty of common ground. It is not that he has been advancing a Republican, or Conservative, or libertarian, ideas. (I have been teaching a case about his repair business to my students for the last 10 years.) I have nothing but admiration for the way you have coped with all the family ordeals, which is so familiar to Sidra and myself, given the challenges in our own family.īut there is something about this Trump presidency that disturbs me, deeply, and I would not be doing justice to my feelings for you, my respect for you, if I simply held back. You, Phyllis, are among the most soulful and insightful people I know and I think of Tom as the very model of American responsibility, entrepreneurship and know-how. I can’t imagine that, at this point, you and Tom don’t know how much I love and admire you both. It is when you wrote her, after visiting a Trump rally, that you are sick of being “talked down to” and that you also try not to be condescending when you get into political conversations with people. I always feel we have had an unfinished conversation something you recently wrote to Sidra, Phyllis, prompts me to open up. Letter to My Neighbors (in New Hampshire)ĭearest Phyllis-and Tom, if you’re listening!
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