Sanders' argument begins by examining a number of festering social crises. The bombings of Iraq in 1996. The rising rate of crimes committed by juveniles. And the 6 million children in America under the age of 6 who live in poverty. Not the shouting and raving on tv-talk shows and the floors of the Congress.
Public discourse is only possible when people possess authentic inner lives.
The slowness of reflective thinking. The richness of a personal imagination. Sanders thinks out loud before us. Our culture has confused the outer and the inner worlds. The public has become private, and the private has become public, and since nobody is reading anymore, they never the Twain shall meet.