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Chris Murphy: “We should build healthy, independent, unique, local places…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Katie's One-on-One with Senator Chris Murphy

Published | Video Starts at 13:11

Our culture has become flat and downtowns are empty. And so I make this argument to confront this idea that we should all just be happy as global citizens. No, We should build healthy, independent, unique, local places with local identities. That's a way for us to once again attach to a positive sense of self rather than some of these more dangerous ones that we've replaced that with. (13:11–13:18)

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Advocates for the development of distinct local communities to foster positive identity.

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