“We want to believe things are not our fault and things are so terrible and we would do better and wouldn’t have to be so angry if things weren’t so awful all the time,” he told host Joe Scarborough. “Every age has its advantages and disadvantages. but the notion that somehow in 2021 — when we’re living longer, healthier, the world is mostly at peace, whether people want to believe that or not, it’s true — people want to believe this is the worst time ever, and it’s a poisonous nostalgia that looks back and there’s no way a democratic government can keep up with that unless they can invent a time machine.”
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