I have figured out why my politics have been so at odds with literally everyone I've ever known: I was raised by Ukrainians. To slavs…
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…all politics is theater, all ideology is performance, and true believers seem insane. I was 30 before I realized not everyone felt that way
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It's a form of cynicism, almost nihilism, and it makes it hard for me to be surprised by the bad. But it made it too easy to ignore the good
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The fact is that organization works, legislation works, regulation works. Advocating specific laws isn't insane, if they are enforced.
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(Curious whether folks like
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very much the same experience. I oscillate between admiring and mocking Americans for their belief in the system
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