For the first time in three decades we could sing "Imagine" and "The Times They are a'Changing" without feeling that we were holding onto utopian fantasies that had been
buried by the cynical realists who have shaped public discourse
I didn't read the rest of his drivel, but this stood out. OMG, forbid that reality actually knocks a dreamer's ass back into the present! I thought this was something one learned early on. It is unimaginable to me that there are still grown individuals who think there is a utopia on earth. There isn't because for one's utopia, that is another's nightmare. You can never create one perfect society where everyone is happy so that leaves it to either find a FREE place where everyone can compromise on somethings, but essentially live their lives free in the confines of basic societal constraints that protects other's freedoms(what we once had in the US or as close as can come to it) OR you eliminate the people who don't agree with your utopia. I wonder which the radical left sides with?