![]() Dewey’s Democracy and Education is a firm rebuke to today’s hate-filled campaign, even 100 years after its publication. With liberal notions of communication and tolerance subjected to this violence, I have turned to the ideas of a Vermonter, although one who passed away in 1952, John Dewey, for their defense. Then he asks, “And, by the way, who’s going to pay for that wall?” The crowd roars back, “Mexico.” Happily to the rally-goers, these words simplify our pluralistic world into two warring blocs: the good Trumpeteers and the bad Others. ![]() Denouncing immigrants from south of the border, Trump shouts, “We’re going to build a wall.” He pauses to let the crowd’s emotions storm up. ![]() The rallies during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign feature exuberant call-and-response exchanges. ![]()
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