A tectonic demographic shift is under way. Can the
country hold together?
YONI APPELBAUM notes:
“The history of the United States is rich with
examples of once-dominant groups adjusting to the rise of formerly marginalized
populations—sometimes gracefully, more often bitterly, and occasionally
violently. Partisan coalitions in the United States are constantly reshuffling,
realigning along new axes. Once-rigid boundaries of faith, ethnicity, and class
often prove malleable. Issues gain salience or fade into irrelevance;
yesterday’s rivals become tomorrow’s allies.”