Turning Back the Clock

In the early 19th century, the British Tories and Whigs were practically indistinguishable from one another. "William Hazlitt compared them to two rival stagecoaches that splashed mud over each other while travelling along the same road" (Peter Ackroyd, Dominion, 5). And so it is with the Democan/Republicrat War Party in the U.S. today. In fact, much of American socio-economic and political life in the early 21st century is reminiscent of early 19th century England's--thanks to the collusion of the two major parties over the past 40 years.