Barack Obama & Malcolm Gladwell: How Reconstruction Still Defines America | Reconstruction
Progress in democracy is often measured in 'hypocrisy' rather than just malice; Gladwell notes that moving from overt exclusion to hypocritical inclusion (e.g., a VP making nativist speeches while married to an immigranttakeaway“Hypocrisy is progress. It is because it means that you feel guilty enough to either lie to yourself or others. And that is better than not even being able to think about the idea that maybe you're doing something wrong.quote“We have evidence of it. We've seen it. The example you gave is actually, um, a lovely illustration of this... a hundred years ago, a vice president could not stand up and make a nativist argument if he was married to thquote














