OK I am here in sunny, relatively warm, Vegas. So the emperor has no clothes (doesn't really need them).
But last week I went to The Revenant. This week I see Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo on TV for hours instructing, as if to children, how to act when it snows for two days. A snow storm is now a very good reason for our political "fathers" to wax for hours about what the children should do (stay home, stay warm, be safe). A snowstorm is a major governmental-action event. The juxtaposition with the America of 1823 is pretty stark.