But I've forgotten (and haven't much motivation to go back and figure out) why -- if at all -- that question is relevant to anything that matters.
Understanding the political thought of the last few decades is useful and showing preconception to be wrong is also useful. Particularly it's useful to understand that the relationship of self identified progressives towards liking new things changed in the last 50 years.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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