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Lana's avatar

Agreed, substack is so drab when Glenn isn't posting

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M Harley's avatar

“The United States is a fraying society, torn apart by polarization, intense disagreement, and ratcheting extremism.” Is a wild quote when you spend like 5 minutes reading about American history. America averaged about a bombing a week in the 70s, most of the major cities looked like Dresden after being bombed by the allies in the 80s, and crime got so bad in 90s that NYC was averaging almost *3,000 murders a year*. That’s almost the amount the US lost in Iraq - each year.

Nothing about our current moment reaches that insanity at all, and I often think such writers have a wistful, almost idealized, idea of what America should be. The reality is, America has always been bat shit insane

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