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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Good Read

This is a good piece in the WaPo about what this moment might mean in the history of our country.

One reason that America has remained a global power for so long has been its culture of improvement. We are endlessly striving to make the country better. Even conservatives wanted to improve the country, even if it was just the military or the business climate.

Up until Trump.

Biden's basic job will be repairing institutions that have been tattered from years of abuse.

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