"It means we have evolved into a culture in which the only usable heroes are fictional, dead with not-yet discovered secrets, or politically convenient everymen placed on pedestals not because they enlarged the moral imagination, but because they can be made to serve the message of some fleeting campaign—Joe the Plumber or Frank Capra’s John Doe, both ultimately fictional in nearly equal proportion."
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First seen: 2026-08-28 ·
Last seen: 2026-08-31 ·
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