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  "path": "/2026/03/02/demoralized/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T06:32:05.000Z",
  "site": "https://dissentwatch.com",
  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "We should talk about demoralization in the West. Since WW1, when we slaughtered the best of a generation for some dubious assertion of democracy, this place has been depressed because people know in their gut that it is a failing civilization. After WW2, it was clear that democracy had won… but what did this mean? […]",
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