Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974

I'm a long way from when I finished this book, but it was fascinating how much power-grabbing, corruption, and ultimately the appetite on the right for authoritarian rule that these two authors describe. The right wing radio confounds me, but it has led to the anointment of a new class of leaders who are bent on making it impossible for common sense political reforms to take place. I was also surprised at how well the depiction of George H. W. Bush's administration was. I was born in 1983. Ronald Reagan on the other hand dismantled the progressive income tax and let mentally ill people roam free. When will freedom be replaced with common sense reforms that apart from the partisan divide and the ugly clash between the religious right and the emergence of the people of color as important voting blocks? Distrust of government is inherent in US attitudes, but the direction of society is to more unification not less. These are rapidly changing times with technology advancing at an incredible rate. It seems that people on the right feel left out and a demagogue like Trump was elected and refused to govern and preferred to lob insults and anyone who disagreed with him. Sad days for the USA and no end in sight.