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The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 2026-06-29 · 50 min · 8,703 words

How to fix America’s spiritual crisis

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American politics is very good at giving us enemies. Politics in general. is good at this. It tends to be much worse at giving us a sense of belonging. And that's a problem because a lot of what looks like ideology right now is really

Loneliness. Distrust humiliation And people looking for some kind of anchor. Which is what we should expect. People want to feel seen, they want to feel rooted.

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