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"When the Soviet Union fell, optimistic scholars believed the world had shifted inexorably in the dir..." — Ben Shapiro

When the Soviet Union fell, optimistic scholars believed the world had shifted inexorably in the direction of free markets and liberal democracy. Instead, the West gradually embraced bigger government and weaker social bonds, creating a fragmented society in which the only thing we all belong to, as President Barack Obama puts it, is the state.
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