Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the …

David Brooks
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Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the rising tide of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism, the fraying of the social fabric and the rise of people who are so individualistic in their outlook that they have no real understanding of how to knit others together and look after the common good. ✨ The Solitary Leaker. www.nytimes.com. June 10, 2013.
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