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How the Left Lost Me

But why I’m not ready to leave the left.

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Shadi Hamid
May 23, 2022
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How the Left Lost Me

What can I say? It's true. I've diverged from the left. That doesn't mean I don't consider myself of the left. I'll always be that; that is how I became who I am. For better or worse, it's part of what made me something of a moralist in how I approach matters of intervention and foreign policy. But it is becoming harder for me to associate with a "progr…

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