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Julian's avatar

Wonderful read.

Regarding Bergmann's fascination with "what goes on in all those little towns" and "the ratio between the irrational and the rational in America" being tilted towards the irrational...

Didn't Tocqueville make the same observations, but 100 years earlier?

I love Crawford's point that 20th century techocratic psychology ignored the impact of war trauma on troubled WWI vets. However, I do wonder if it also true that the contradictions residing in the American soul also preceded the war, may have even played into our willingness to idealize the war.

I wonder if the both/and helps Crawford's thesis.

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MaeMorgan's avatar

Great essay! The reverberations from The Frankfurt School will unfortunately be felt for many years to come. Talk about destructive!

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