The ReImagining Miniseries: Syria, Neoliberalism, & Balkanization

In this episode, we explore the history of Syria and its civil war to see common threads that run between the past 50 years redefining Nationalism and identity and our current situation here in the United States.  Are there enough commonalities to see a similar collapse here?   Sources: Christopher Phillips "The Battle for Syria" Michael Kerr "The Alawis of Syria" Fabrice Balanche "Sectarianism in Syria's Civil War" https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/ag-and-food-statistics-charting-the-essentials/ag-and-food-sectors-and-the-economy/#:~:text=Agriculture%20and%20its%20related%20industries,1.3%20percent%20of%20U.S.%20employment https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/agricultural-land-percent-of-land-area-wb-data.html#:~:text=Agricultural%20land%20(%25%20of%20land%20area)%20in%20United%20States%20was,compiled%20from%20officially%20recognized%20sources. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shyamanthaasokan/heres-what-life-in-syria-is-like-as-the-civil-war-enters https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/60112/MED_2018_05.pdf?sequence=4 https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/How-Poor-are-Americas-Poorest.pdf https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_03.html https://www.popsci.com/dust-bowl-soil-climate-change/   Remastered 7/12/21