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<\/b>Sam Smith – <\/b>Every day I
\nfinish my national online newsletter and then turn to life in my small Maine
\ntown. This used to be just a shift in work but increasingly it has become life
\nin two contrary societies, one\u00a0 an
\nincreasingly collapsing and corrupt nation and the other a vigorous and
\nenjoyable community.<\/p>\n

I look forward to early afternoon
\nbecause I feel like I\u2019m retrieving my real life. Yet I am also aware that this
\nshift is shared with millions of other Americans and hardly ranks as a solution
\nsince tomorrow morning I will be back in hell. <\/p>\n

Scholars and journalists are
\nrightfully confronting the collapse of an America now defined in no small part
\nby the rich and powerful. The fact that there is another more decent and useful
\nplace gets little attention. <\/p>\n

Yet I find myself regularly
\ninvolved with decent people, kind groups, and warming spirits. And increasingly
\nmy mind is suggesting that the real conflict is between a good America and a
\ndestructive one. Both involve us. <\/p>\n

As I ponder the hidden conflict
\nthat defines us these days, I have come to credit television with deserving
\nmuch the blame. Although TV\u00a0 <\/span>has done
\nsome positive things, like introducing white America to blacks, it has also \u00a0<\/span>taken time away from neighbors, communities,
\ngroups and other forces that create positive change. <\/p>\n

I go back far enough to have
\nexperienced movements and coalitions of real people helping other real people
\neven if we were quite different. \u00a0<\/span>For
\nexample this white guy worked with black activists in the 1960s and I was a
\nseventh day agnostic who joined with ministers who had common goals. You don\u2019t
\nhave such experiences just watching a screen in your bedroom. <\/p>\n

Donald Trump is a \u00a0<\/span>creation of television politics and a clear example
\nof the dangers involved. We need to go back to seeing, talking and thinking
\nabout life from a community rather than a televised creation. On average, we
\nare still far better than Donald Trump. We need to win back our real America and
\ndefine ourselves and our goals by our community, good groups, religion, local
\npolitics \u00a0<\/span>and anything else more valuable
\nthan what we we just saw on Channel 8. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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