> That's not pessimism, it's realism. Liberal politics cannot offer a viable solution. The best they can do is Hamsterdam.
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> If The Wire had been about heroism, it would have been a failure. It's about helping people understand that the problems are systemic: it did that through character, plot, camera work, diversity of topics, etc. It would be a huge step forward if Americans did understand that the issues we are dealing with are systemic.
Yeah, I agree with you - I didn't mean to imply I thought the negativism was a negative.
Mike Beggs