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Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

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Introduction

Booking dot com may not be the flashest of names, but they are really good at helping you book your perfect trip. There's something i've been thinking for a long time that i've wanted to talk about on this show. It's the idea that modern culture is becoming more pessimistic more cynical about both celebrity and technology. In short, it's high status these days to hate something. Since the 19 seventies, trust has plummeted for churches, public schools, unions, banks, businesses, congress, the presidency, the supreme court.

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