America… He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it… [H]e tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity, we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing.” That’s right: the critically acclaimed author and former president of the Harvard Law Review was taking inspiration from a man who didn’t know that South America contained different countries. It was a testament to the viselike grip of the Age of Ignorance that another of our most informed politicians was paying tribute to
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