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The average American's aversion—if not outrage—towards anything left of centre-right would be funny if it weren't so dangerous.
They can elect a black man as president, but they can't elect a leftist.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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