“Culture and interpersonal relationships don’t hover above policy and political economy; they condense and reflect it… Generosity and tolerance are not free-floating virtues. They emerge from political-economic conditions that make them actionable” #EricReinhart https://www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-culture-wars-nor-big-tents-will-save-american-democracy/
Neither Culture Wars nor Big Tents Will Save American Democracy - New Global Politics

Centrists call for a kinder, more connected liberal culture. But without building public systems that allow people to actually care for one another, civility is just polite sentiment to cover over the fact of cruelty.

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