This America That Loathes Us
With this essay, journalist Richard Werly offers his analysis of the widening gulf between the two shores of the Atlantic, seeking out the cultural and ideological roots of what he chooses to call loathing — a term whose polemical nature he himself acknowledges.
If Richard Werly is to be believed — and he illustrates his point through various exchanges he had in the United States, particularly in 2024 and 2025 — "this America that loathes us is a reality we...