"The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.“


-Christopher Lasch

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The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.

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