"America is the sum of a thousand and one little, individuated places,
each with its own history and accent and stories. A politician who
understands this will act in ways that protect and preserve these real
places. He will ask the question that never gets injected into national
debates over the wisdom of America’s constant wars — namely, What are
the domestic costs? Loving his block, he will not wish to bomb Iraq.
Loyal to a neighborhood, he will not send its young men and women across
the sea to kill and die for causes wholly unrelated to local life."
--Bill Kauffman
empire-versus-little-america
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we should be wary that a faux “movement” may be manufactured on the backs of real movements that have sought to upend that political and ...
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Americans “must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.”...
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