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Trump Is Scary. Cynicism Is Worse
This level of cynicism is dangerous to any democracy. It’s fatal for a country like America, one of the few countries in the world whose national myth is predicated on the future — the U.S. is a young country with a short history and multiple origin stories, but what brings us together is an agentic sense of the future. We look ahead, out of a desire and belief that we have a chance to build the best days of our collective lives. In other words: We have hope.
Trump Is Scary. Cynicism Is Worse This level of cynicism is dangerous to any democracy. It’s fatal for a country like America, one of the few countries in the world whose national myth is predicated on the future — the U.S. is a young country with a short history and multiple origin stories, but what brings us together is an agentic sense of the future. We look ahead, out of a desire and belief that we have a chance to build the best days of our collective lives. In other words: We have hope.