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How America got mean

45 mins | Aug 17, 2023

Why have Americans become so mean, sad, and alienated? David Brooks argues that the reason is that in a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. Read by Mark Deakins.

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