The U.S. is not a special snowflake
But people win elections by claiming it is.
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An interesting article today in Gawker: We Just Lost Afghanistan Because We’re Not Earth’s Special Snowflake. I know a lot of Americans really believe this. They really like to believe that America is special. But it isn’t, and this belief is why the U.S. keeps getting in trouble. And it …