We shamble on. . .
But since we also have kids in cages and adults bundled like fasces behind walls:
There’s much to like about this country, much to celebrate, but if you’re not also angry and ashamed, then I wonder about the nature of your celebration.
As for the rest of us: let us take what is good and use it like a lever to overturn what is not.
AbsurdBeats 
Adam Tooze: American Power in the Long 20th Century