Tom Nichols on ‘Our Own Worst Enemy’
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Politics of Resentment
Political leaders now find it so easy to tap into that third dynamic you identified as an ingredient in the decline of democratic norms, which is resentment. It's almost like an existential level of being pissed off ad that just, you don't even know why you're mad at them. The average ameria isn't mad at jeff bazos they're mad at the people down the street who have granite countertops and speak their language. And again, you know, hoffrecalled this 70 years ago. When you have nothing and want some is not nearly as angry and enraging as when you have some and want more.
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