So it should come as little surprise that the term liberalism leaves so many Americans indifferent if not hostile today. It is considered, with some justice, as a creed professed mainly by educated urban elites cut off from the rest of the
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“Enter Ronald Reagan. Roosevelt’s political vision was no longer compelling to members of the relatively affluent, hyperindividualized, and suburbanized society America had become.”
― The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
― The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
“There is a good reason that liberals focus extra attention on minorities, since they are the most likely to be disenfranchised. But in a democracy the only way to meaningfully defend them—and not just make empty gestures of recognition and “celebration”—is to win elections and exercise power in the long run, at every level of government. And the only way to accomplish that is to have a message that appeals to as many people as possible and pulls them together. Identity liberalism does just the opposite.”
― The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
― The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
“Every single thought we have is creative: it has the power to build and the power to destroy. Most”
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
“Maybe 5 percent, maybe less, were the ones who sucked it up, learned the lesson, and moved on. The Julies. The good ones.”
― Leviathan Wakes
― Leviathan Wakes
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