The Crucial Issue of the 21st Century
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/democratic-republican-parties.html
David Brooks:
According to recent surveys, public trust in institutions is near its historical low. According to a recent Ipsos survey, about two-thirds of Americans agree with the statement, “Society is broken.”
As David Frum pointed out recently in The Atlantic, between 1983 and 2007, the share of Americans who were satisfied with “the way things are going in the U.S.” hit peaks of about 70 percent and was often above 50 percent. Over the 15 years from 2007 to 2022, the number of Americans who were satisfied with the way things were going was frequently down to about 25 percent.
America’s social order has fractured, and that has made all the difference.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/opinion/democratic-republican-parties.html
David Brooks:
According to recent surveys, public trust in institutions is near its historical low. According to a recent Ipsos survey, about two-thirds of Americans agree with the statement, “Society is broken.”
As David Frum pointed out recently in The Atlantic, between 1983 and 2007, the share of Americans who were satisfied with “the way things are going in the U.S.” hit peaks of about 70 percent and was often above 50 percent. Over the 15 years from 2007 to 2022, the number of Americans who were satisfied with the way things were going was frequently down to about 25 percent.
America’s social order has fractured, and that has made all the difference.