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Are any of you familiar with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse? A friend recommended his book entitled "Them."
What are your thoughts?
Seems Sasse is a Republican who decrys President Trump and thinks Trump is bad for society.Sasse is an Ivy League and Oxford-educated Republican who many think aspires to the presidency. He has published his thoughts before and he now offers his prescription for how America can “heal”. Among other things, he urges us to put political tribalism on the backburner, to rediscover “human-to-human relationships”, to seek out community and to love our neighbors. Suffice to say, all this is easier said than done.
What makes "Them" worth the read is Sasse’s amalgam of realistic alarm and warning. In his words, “we are in a period of unprecedented upheaval. Community is collapsing, anxiety is building, and we’re distracting ourselves with artificial political hatreds.”
“That can’t endure” writes Sasse. “And if it does, America won’t.”
What are your thoughts?