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No party can restore religion and community.
Some very intelligent figures on the right who desire a return to community, religion, and strong national feeling have been arguing for the past several years that the Republican party, by taking a new direction, can make these things possible. Noah Smith offers a thoughtful counterpoint to this argument, suggesting that the underlying problems lie outside of politics altogether:
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No party can restore religion and community.
Some very intelligent figures on the right who desire a return to community, religion, and strong national feeling have been arguing for the past several years that the Republican party, by taking a new direction, can make these things possible. Noah Smith offers a thoughtful counterpoint to this argument, suggesting that the underlying problems lie outside of politics altogether:
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