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		<title>Medieval Politics Suit a World Informed by Watching &#038; Listening</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Turns out Moms &#38; PBS were right: Reading is fundamental — to democratic stability. Neo-fascist leaders and their movements are ever more prevalent and powerful in 2026 because so-called low-education voters are ever more prevalent and easily led. These are the constituents famously preferred by Donald Trump. Yet these voters are proliferating worldwide, because the [&#8230;]</p>
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