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In reply to the discussion: The prophecy of Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker, May 20, 2016 [View all]cstanleytech
(26,280 posts)18. Every country's going to have those kind of morons though.
Rather than worrying about them we need to focus on getting the people who actually pay some attention out to vote.
If we can get them off their butts to the polls then we have a chance at getting some sanity back on our government.
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Should Dems take control of all three branches and embark on wholesale political, social, and
Pepsidog
Nov 2019
#3
Gopnik has the antidote in 2019 book: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
#10
The problem is the number of people who are ill informed or refuse to believe.
Lonestarblue
Nov 2019
#13
Sorry Grasswire2, I did a site search for Adam Gopnik before I posted and your post didn't come up.
Fla Dem
Nov 2019
#31