No Mercy / No Malice: Role Models

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. 90% of Americans believe it's important for the president to be a good role model. For all but the most diehard MAG occultists, Donald Trump is the furthest thing imaginable from a role model. The consequences of his deficiencies are creating lasting damage to future generations of Americans. Role models, as read by George Hahn.

Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they'll never sit under. There's an inverse to that wisdom. Great societies decline when old men chop down forests meant to provide shade and oxygen for future generations. Donald Trump isn't making America great again. He's clear-cutting American values.

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