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About the Night

by Anat Talshir

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Feb 26, 2025 08:22PM

“There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters. But old Derby was a character now.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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“Majorities have their beliefs reinforced by seeing and hearing their inclinations locally repeated and enhanced. Self-reinforcing majorities grow larger, while isolated and dispirited minorities shrink. Majorities gain confidence in their opinions, which grow more extreme over time. As a result, misunderstanding between Republicans and Democrats grows as they seclude themselves.”
― Bill Bishop, The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart

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