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'We Do Not Intend to Protect the Common Good'

● 'It's all about winners -- and losers / http://theweek.com/articles/702488/zerosum-presidency

That's a pretty remarkable statement. It says that we have no real friends and no real principles other than what's good for us. Sure, we might maintain an alliance, but it's always contingent, ready to be abandoned if doing so might give us a momentary advantage in this "elemental" war of all against all.

Imagine living your life that way — which I suppose is what Donald Trump has done in his 70 years on Earth.

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●Abandoning Paris climate deal marks Trump's return to angry populism / https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/02/donald-trump-paris-deal-analysis-populism

In Trump’s darkest speech since the ‘American carnage’ inaugural address, the world was presented as something to fear rather than aspire to lead

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