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In this portion of #Carter's speech, I see all the downsides of #identity over community #politics.
"the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility."
The Wisdom and Prophecy of Jimmy Carter’s ‘Malaise’ Speech https://nyti.ms/3IuC7vA
@lmrocha Also, he never said “malaise” in the speech.