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But politics are easier to manipulate when people are divided and distrustful. And leaked documents are more strategically valuable when the leakers get to decide when they come out. A society in which — as even celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain has noted — “privileged Eastern liberals” show “utter contempt” for the working class is a society with divisions that are easy to exploit. And if journalists had been doing their job, instead of going 100% in the tank for Clinton, the news captured in the Podesta emails would have been reported by someone else long before, instead of being released at the last minute.
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For a nation to flourish, it needs a political class possessed of self-discipline, and one that values the long-term interests of the nation. We don’t have one of those. So hang on. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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