
Hamilton Thrives and NATO Expands
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The Importance of Identity Politics in American Culture
The original conceit of the show is that it was Actors of color playing what were originally like white Yes founders, which is fine. Conservatives heard about the casting decisions and thought oh Miranda's playing identity politics but when you watch the show or listen to the show for me I listened to it before I watched it and I've seen it many times because of my kids Yeah, you realize it's actually the universality of the founding that is emphasizing that and that I think makes it It's such a core piece of American culture that it can appeal to both conservatives and liberals on the basis of the Declaration of Independence. The only thing on the left that you are now allowed to consider Mutable
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