WASPS WERE THE LAST GROUP THAT SAW THEMSELVES AS THE CUSTODIANS of this civic order, and though they were not always inclusionary or fair, this was the civic ethos. It was part of the civic eco-system. When these institutions declined, the civic world collapsed; not because these groups nor the WASPs were special or flawless, but because no one replaced the custodial role.
Tim Dillon and the hosts of History Hyenas exhibit the attitude towards such clubs in general in this clip.
The WASPs were not the lone group that upheld America’s civic tradition, and America is not fundamentally a “Germanic Protestant culture.”
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