Quiet Desperation

Why do so many Americans support this war?

"It's true that there may be no final, single version of the Truth about this war, but there are better or worse descriptions of the reality. But getting to the clearer view is difficult: it requires reasonably good information and a willingness to work through that information critically. Most of my fellow citizens, however, absorb their ideas through the skin, passively. (The post-modern version of Thoreau's 'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.')"

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