David A. Ritchie on the origins of nationalism and naming our idols
Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse
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Are You Familiar With Enthroned Washington?
i find fascinating about our politics, is we either want to enthrone them as deity or have their head on a platter. I don't see the left anthroning bitin very much. But there was s a lot of messianic characterization that surrounded abaracobama. There's something about that religious charging of language that appeals to our desire to devote ourselves to whatever that cause is. And i'm not saying that politics is a, is a bad thing. I think it's a very important thing. I'm trying to be able to make or r corner of the world more just society. They oftentimes invite us to that level of fanaticism and devotion.
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