Exploring the influence of national myths on the political divide in America, with a focus on the development of gun rights myth in conservative culture and the rise of an American fascism within the MAGA movement. Contrasting the use of historical narratives by the Blue Coalition with the absence of a unifying national myth on the left and center-left since the 1970s.
We are a nation of mythmakers. But in his new book, "A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America," Richard Slotkin argues those myths may be to blame for our current polarization.