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Thomas Frank Quotes

When you take somebody’s quote out of context, which happens all the time, nobody’s ever going to go and do the research on their own and figure out that you got it wrong Picture Quote #1

Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion Picture Quote #1

Massive inequality, we have learned, isn’t the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it’s also profoundly ugly Picture Quote #1

As you watch the world crumble, try taking your Armageddon with this sprinkling of irony: Over the last three decades, business has got virtually everything it wanted, and it's doomsday scenario from the 1970s has come true because of it Picture Quote #1

Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself Picture Quote #1

Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate debt Picture Quote #1

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Acknowledging class was always difficult for ‘New Democrats’ - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again Picture Quote #1

Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren’t sure what the word means, we know the quality it designates must be cultivated. The vibrant, we believe, is what makes certain cities flourish Picture Quote #1

Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they’re about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation’s desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back Picture Quote #1

Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular God and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital, the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense Picture Quote #1

Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system’s first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials Picture Quote #1

People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don’t mean to sound like a determinist, but to think we’re entirely free to do whatever we want betrays a certain class perspective. For most people who have to work for a living, and work at jobs under conditions they may not like, it’s just not simple when it comes to freedom Picture Quote #1

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A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take off. It didn’t, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to Picture Quote #1

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When you take somebody’s quote out of context, which happens all the time, nobody’s ever going to go and do the research on their own and figure out that you got it wrong (Thomas Frank Quotes) Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion (Thomas Frank Quotes) Massive inequality, we have learned, isn’t the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it’s also profoundly ugly (Thomas Frank Quotes) As you watch the world crumble, try taking your Armageddon with this sprinkling of irony: Over the last three decades, business has got virtually everything it wanted, and it's doomsday scenario from the 1970s has come true because of it (Thomas Frank Quotes) Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself (Thomas Frank Quotes) Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate debt (Thomas Frank Quotes) Acknowledging class was always difficult for ‘New Democrats’ - it was second-wave, it was divisive - but 2008 made retro politics cool again (Thomas Frank Quotes) Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren’t sure what the word means, we know the quality it designates must be cultivated. The vibrant, we believe, is what makes certain cities flourish (Thomas Frank Quotes) Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they’re about, our news analysts know that this is the true object of the nation’s desire, the topic to which those slippery presidential spokesmen need always to be dragged back (Thomas Frank Quotes) Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular God and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing powers of private capital, the idea of privatizing highways and airports and other bits of our transportation infrastructure made a certain kind of sense (Thomas Frank Quotes) Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system’s first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials (Thomas Frank Quotes) People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don’t mean to sound like a determinist, but to think we’re entirely free to do whatever we want betrays a certain class perspective. For most people who have to work for a living, and work at jobs under conditions they may not like, it’s just not simple when it comes to freedom (Thomas Frank Quotes) A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take off. It didn’t, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to (Thomas Frank Quotes)

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