12. God Damn America I think was basically damning Repubs
way of treating America's problems. 3 strike laws and more prisons which imprison a disproportionate number of blacks.
Interestingly in this speech he talks about how governments change. Dred Scott to Emancipation Proclamation. Segregated armed forces to Truman desegregated (which was controversial at it's time). Segregation to the Civil Rights Act. And though he doesn't like Clinton's welfare to work he praises Clinton.
He was pointing out in historical context that great governments fail - Rome, British Empire, Germany, Japan and that the U.S. too may fail. Only God endures.
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