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Because God had chosen America as the construction site of the earthly paradise, America's cause was always just and nothing was ever America's fault [ ] whereas corrupt foreigners commit crimes against humanity, Americans cleanse the world of its impurities. We do so because we have a natural aptitude for the work and because without our humanitarian intervention [ ] the whole scheme of creation might come loose [ ]
— Feb 23, 2026 02:27PM
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"40 years ago in the United States the word 'public' served as a synonym for selfless dedication to the common good and the word 'private' carried with it the suggestion of selfish greed. Two generations of sustained economic prosperity have reversed the political usages of these words. 'Public' connotes waste, poverty, incompetence and fraud; 'private' connotes honesty, intelligence, efficiency, and noble purpose."
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Lapham writing in Feb 2001 on the Bush-Gore voting count debacle in Florida : "why were [Republicans] always enraged? They controlled almost all of the political machinery in Florida [...] and yet they imagined themselves unfairly persecuted by a jealous god and wicked trolls. What was it to which they believed themselves entitled, and how did they arrive at the certain knowledge of their own certain virtue?"
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— Feb 17, 2026 02:28PM
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