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“ I am not encouraging reading to produce more liberals and Democrats, but I do believe, even if you’re right-wing, the act of reading high literature will increase your cognition and make you more of a serious person. MAGA’s growing incoherence springs, in part, from its limp intellectual foundations.”

Sir, I don’t think you’ve met enough intellectual conservatives. We do exist. We just may not travel in circles and spheres you’ve encountered before. Try breaking into a conversation with Catholic nerds debating CS Lewis or Tolkien, or one of the Russian greats. It gets very, very heated.

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