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It is the oldest argument in American political history. Indeed, its roots go back to the American founding. If you line up the most prominent founders, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall and George Washington stand on one side of the divide. Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and George Mason on the other. The enduring question is stunningly simple: Is national government “us” or “them”? Washington and his cohort believed that only collective power could embody and act in the public interest; Jefferson and company considered central government an intrusive evil.
We need a historical perspective on the cyclical pattern of what we might call the American dialogue in order to understand why Joe Biden’s presidency has all the earmarks of an inflection point. With the end of the first 100 days of his presidency this week, there is reason to believe that we may be at the cusp of a political shift from “them” to “us.” The epic failure of the Tru