Do Americans Have What It Takes to Stop Fascism? We're About to Find Out.

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Apr 28, 2025 · 4m

America’s been in the news a lot lately. Maybe you’ve seen things.

Word on the street is that her best days are well behind her, that she’s clearly peaked, and that her demise is coming swiftly and decisively. They’re saying that the slide into the abyss is inexorable now. They’re saying her epitaph has already been written, and if we can get out, we should.

The question is: are they right? (Even if we are the “they”?)

If you’re anything like me, you vacillate back and forth between searing panic, crushing grief, and “To hell with this, I’m outta here,” middle finger disdain.

If we’re at all…