EP. 04 Abraham Lincoln
Uncancelled History
The Transformation of Lincoln
In recent decades there had been different attempts to sort of reinterpret Lincoln. You give the example of a polemic called why Lincoln matters in which you say it basically if Lincoln were alive today's political views would pretty much be indistinguishable from those of the author. And I mean, but this did go on through much of the 20th century precisely because Lincoln was understood to be a hero. Everybody wanted to be on his team. But still my light's kind of destructive view is taking its place.
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