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Treating Politics Like Entertainment

Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by Matthew Greenwood
Treating Politics Like Entertainment

Observing the state of politics today vexes my spirit. The polarization, the vitriol that spills out of social media and into the real world, and the lost art of empathy and compromise serve the world’s democracies poorly. There is no lack of explanations or reasons for our state of affairs: Continue Reading

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