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And one of them since 1807 has been this right that the founding generation put in place, to make sure that military troops would never, ever, ever be deployed in the United States of America for civilian policing. Naomi Wolf military america years If the whole world is a battlefield, then the United States is also a battlefield. Naomi Wolf united-states whole world We need people to be alert and thinking for themselves and connected to each other and connected to that sense of hope and empowerment and radical chutzpah that the founding generation had and intended us to have. Naomi Wolf empowerment people thinking It is foolish for people to think they can align themselves and be safe in a police state. Naomi Wolf police people thinking If people wake up, think critically, and get angry, we get connected to that courage that the founding generation meant us to have. History shows when millions just don't go along, resist at any level - and I'm talking about all the way up to bipartisan impeachment and arrest of the leaders of the coup - then it can't happen. Naomi Wolf talking people thinking I don't think we've got the concept in the West that male desire degrades men. Or that if men become sexually active, they become debased in some way, or slutty. Or lose status. Naomi Wolf desire men thinking I've never understood this puritanical idea that feminism has to be a cult. You know, we all have to think alike or dress alike or have a similar ideology. Naomi Wolf feminism ideas thinking The media needs to tell a story. And whenever there's a new generation, you know, with a new conversation, it's handy to say well, these are the angry young men, these are the hippies, these are the boomers. Naomi Wolf media hippie men
