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An Interview with Author Cory Doctorow

It Could Happen Here

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The Great Man Theory and the Theory of History

i think it's a belief in the great forces of history, m and the great man theory. The idea that trump is a uniquely powerful and antalented demagogue. And so for me, the idea of being an optimist or a pessimist is, ays, felt very fatalistic. It's either way, human action has determined the outcome, and i think that we can be hopeful rather than pessimistic.

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