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Fla Dem

(23,554 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2019, 10:21 AM Nov 2019

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The prophecy of Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker, May 20, 2016 [View all]

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Adam Gopnik (born August 24, 1956) is an American writer and essayist. He is best known as a staff writer for The New Yorker—to which he has contributed non-fiction, fiction, memoir and criticism since 1986[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gopnik

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The prophecy of Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker, May 20, 2016 [View all] Fla Dem Nov 2019 OP

This. MontanaMama Nov 2019 #1

Poignant... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #2

Should Dems take control of all three branches and embark on wholesale political, social, and Pepsidog Nov 2019 #3

While correct, the countries mentioned never had long-standing democracies Texin Nov 2019 #4

Thank you! Mme. Defarge Nov 2019 #20

Didn't take an Einstein to figure that out. gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #5

WOW he sure hit the mark. usaf-vet Nov 2019 #6

He's right. LuvNewcastle Nov 2019 #7

We will need a lot of education to counter trump's Ilsa Nov 2019 #8

So much of our future hinges on this week. joost5 Nov 2019 #9

Gopnik has the antidote in 2019 book: A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2019 #10

"Love is all we need" John Lennon KPN Nov 2019 #22

Thanks I'll look for this book FakeNoose Nov 2019 #23

K & R mountain grammy Nov 2019 #11

+1,000 Canoe52 Nov 2019 #12

Another +1000 Duppers Nov 2019 #14

That ... and racism/white supremacy. Both are belief systems. KPN Nov 2019 #21

Agree.. and I think that's at least half his base. mountain grammy Nov 2019 #36

Yup shanti Nov 2019 #24

I think his biggest asset was being a TV star. Look at how well Oprah polls. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #27

What oldsoftie said! not_the_one Nov 2019 #33

I think that's why the media gave him so much free air time mountain grammy Nov 2019 #35

The problem is the number of people who are ill informed or refuse to believe. Lonestarblue Nov 2019 #13

Every country's going to have those kind of morons though. cstanleytech Nov 2019 #18

The odds are against us shanti Nov 2019 #26

Well said extvbroadcaster Nov 2019 #15

Well said and spot on imo. KPN Nov 2019 #25

Stunning truth. defacto7 Nov 2019 #16

I don't think we're at that stage yet. cstanleytech Nov 2019 #17

"the American experiment would be over" saidsimplesimon Nov 2019 #19

I didn't believe it until a few months ago. Hamlette Nov 2019 #28

Heartbreaking.💔 dewsgirl Nov 2019 #29

previous OP and thread Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #30

Sorry Grasswire2, I did a site search for Adam Gopnik before I posted and your post didn't come up. Fla Dem Nov 2019 #31

oh, it's fine. Just wanted to add link to other comments. Grasswire2 Nov 2019 #34

It does seem already too late. How do we ever fully trust those 62,000,000 who voted for this KPN Nov 2019 #31

Truth... Blue_Tires Nov 2019 #37

And her emails ismnotwasm Nov 2019 #38

...I've been feeling so sad, it's gotten to be a constant undertow BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2019 #39

Wow Roland99 Nov 2019 #40