Part of that Complicated tapestry is the violence on which this country was founded. You capture that in the American Revolution. You capture that during the Civil War. We have seen political violence increase in recent years. What do you think the role of violence has been in not just creating this country, but in where we are right now? (11:47–11:54)
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Asserts that political violence has increased in the U.S. in recent years.
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