Todd Gitlin - Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divi...

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Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and not a playground of the strong.

Todd Gitlin

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An einem schönen Tag werden Demokraten vielleicht herausfinden, wie sie auf die richtige Seite der Wertunterschiede gelangen - wie man Amerika als einen Ort des Gemeinwohls und nicht als Spielplatz der Starken definiert.

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