Quote by Thomas Frank

We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't address its obvious problems, that can't pull out of its nosedive. And so to our list of disasters let us add this fourth entry: we have entered an age of folly that - for all our Facebooking and the twittling tweedle-dee-tweets of the twitterati - we can't wake up from.

We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't

Summary

This quote highlights the idea that our society has lost the ability to recognize and effectively address its own problems. Despite the prevalence of communication platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, we have become caught in a state of foolishness from which we are unable to escape. The list of disasters and challenges our society faces continues to grow, indicating that we are failing to self-correct and pull ourselves out of a downward spiral. It emphasizes the need for introspection and action to break free from this cycle of folly.

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By Thomas Frank

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