Thomas Zimmer on Nostr: The only reason why it’s even worth engaging with such a bombastic, ahistorical, ...
The only reason why it’s even worth engaging with such a bombastic, ahistorical, inconsistent diagnosis for which the “evidence” Brooks presents is vastly insufficient is that it’s indicative of a pervasive sense of nostalgia almost across the political spectrum.
A thread below, outlining my piece’s key arguments:
https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/110939083546251383Published at
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