Why Can't We Behave?

My God, so little was expected of us and we are still failing. We inherited strong democratic institutions and enormous capital and impressive infrastructure.

All we had to do was preserve it and we can't even do that. It reminds me of the idea that in order to appreciate something you have to get there yourself.

I've always thought that people could be educated into that appreciation but maybe not. Trump calls everything into question because he embodies our failure.