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Biden Needs to Fight His Own Culture War
Biden Needs to Fight His Own Culture War
March 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 83 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/19/biden-needs-to-fight-his-own-culture-war/
"SNIP.....
Pankaj Mishra: “It is worth remembering that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who came to power in 1933 with a small and unflattering reputation, reshaped, during his 12 years in power, not just the politics and economy of the U.S. but its culture.”
“FDR succeeded because he saw the birth of a spacious moral imagination as vital to his task — and recognized that his own rhetorical gifts, though impressive, were not strong enough to achieve it.”
......SNIP"
