David Brooks: prediction

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…Not with that intent, but could that be the end result? World War II, Korean War. Arguably, that would result — I would like to see Americans who oppose Donald Trump create a mass movement in the way Israelis created a mass movement against Netanyahu’s judicial reform, in the way Filipinos created a mass movement against Marcos. I think that would have an enormously positive effect on the body politics. For those of us who oppose Donald Trump to have to articulate our principles, to organize, to create a civic structure across class, a civic structure to come up with an alternative vision that’s better than the elites who betrayed you. I think that would lead to American renewal. That does not seem to be happening because the leaders of our major institutions, whether it’s corporations, universities, and so on, are basically laying low. What is the kind of shock that will work?…

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