For every cultural good, identity has become fused with the object of interest, turning previously normal people leading unremarkable lives into Steak ’n Shake beef-tallow purists, Harry Potter moralists, or cast-iron-pan-cleaning radicals.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Now some Republicans are depicting the No Kings movement as a band of radicals, out of step with mainstream political opinion.
These works follow aging revolutionaries who have given up the fight after being forced into hiding or choosing to raise a family; some have simply grown tired of the struggle.
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Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
The idea that one generation could not determine the political future of the next was precisely what many revolutionaries, despite their internal differences, had fought against.
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