Greil Marcus

• “Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.” -Greil Marcus

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• “No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes.” -Greil Marcus

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