Definition of “kakistocracy” as a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.

Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.

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2/ Smarsh is author of "Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class." (It's kind of an anti-Hillbilly Elegy.) She's pretty brilliant. Listen to her. She might blow your mind (or at least open your eyes), as she did Jon Stewart's.

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Jon Stewart's podcast interview with Sarah Smarsh on "the divide between Dems and the working class" was the most helpful and insightful post-election analysis I've heard.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0

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