Ezra Klein: “The great sin of Democrats, attentionally, in recent years…”

“It's not a contradiction. It's the human experience, that's all. There's also a dimension where you've been working very effectively, I think, on the attentional level of politics. I think The great sin of Democrats, attentionally, in recent years is that they are the party of the institutions. People got all A's, went to Harvard. And when you go through a lot of institutions, you're informed by them. You become careful and cautious.” (1:32:25–1:32:35)

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