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A Love Letter to America

America is great—except for all the reasons it isn't. In this new year, should we come to terms with our country's "shittiness"?

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Shadi Hamid
Jan 06, 2023
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America is Great Precisely Because It’s Not

Happy new year! To start the year on a positive albeit provocative note, I wanted to share an adapted version of an essay I wrote last year at Wisdom of Crowds. It’s basically a love letter to America—both because it’s a great country but also because it can often be “shitty.”

This piece captures important shifts in my own thinking that have taken place…

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