King Lear's Transformative Power In The United States

Lear refers to the period after the civil war as a period of regeneration. For him, this was a period of rebirth where the private desires met the public policies signifying a period of critical transformation. Protestantism in Christianity characterized this period and formed a basis through which the American culture was forged. As such, the American nation has grown towards promoting what Lear refers to as protestant morality that promotes prohibition, progressive reform and what many term as missionary imperialism. Gerstle notices the importance of the work of Arthur Schlesinger. Arthur notes that there is a transformative power in the United States embedded in the nation’s core political ideals, which emphasizes on fundamental equality
Carnegie recognizes the importance of understanding the system as it is today but takes a look back into the past where the employer worked with the employees and were subjected to the same conditions. He discusses further and compares America as it was in the past, a land of hope to today’s capitalism that has denied the poor a chance to rise. In his work, he notes that the problem that has come with this age is the administration of wealth problem, where wealth is tied to brotherhood, binding the rich and the poor in such a relationship. He notes that the conditions of the humans have been revolutionalized in the past centuary where, in the past, there was little difference in food, dressing, dwelling places and the environment. Notably, today he notes that a millionaire owns palaces while his laborers live in cottages. He explores this as a result that has come with civilization and looks at the society today as inevitable but unfair. Carnegie notes that whether we may wish to go back to the old times, the present is inevitable and that it is a waste of time to criticize the