I loved the West Wing, but uuuuuuuh, if you look past the quirky dialogue and the enjoyable bits of it, it was pretty fuckin' "benevolent imperialism" and way too quirky for the shit that was really going down at the time and we're really feeling today!

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-51-how-the-west-wing-poisoned-a-generation-of-liberal-minds

Episode 51: How 'The West Wing' Poisoned the Liberal Mind

Post-Cold War liberal chauvinism knew no better ideological conduit than the hit NBC series The West Wing. Foreign policy was imperial, staffers were self-satisfied, and Serious Democrats fended off r