The article discusses the current discourse among liberal intellectuals surrounding the concept of 'abundance' in relation to modern governance. Two key books by Ezra Klein and Marc J. Dunkelman are presented, highlighting divergences in opinions within the left-leaning community. Despite shared political affiliations, the authors provoke discomfort amongst Democrats about discussing future reforms while Trump undermines democratic norms. The central thesis posits that while the U.S. is wealthy, it is not demonstrating the dynamic progress of the past, prompting questions about governance post-Trump and significant societal improvements beyond partisan politics.
There's a new war within the liberal intelligentsia and it's got to do with a funny word: "abundance." Is it good or bad to be abundant?
What has become obvious, though, is that the United States, despite its inordinate wealth, is not matching its twentieth century dynamism.
One overriding issue is that many on the left are annoyed or even angered that such a debate is happening right now with the backdrop of Trump's assault on the federal bureaucracy.
There will be an America after Trump, and a republic too, and it's worth mulling the greater arc of our nation.
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