The cloak of woke

Are “progressive” leaders just canny politicians?

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Are progressive leaders more moral than their conservative rivals or are they just better at doing politics? In this podcast The Critic’s Online editor David Scullion discusses with Patrick Hess whether the likes of Jacinda Ardern and Justin Trudeau could be more machiavellian than Donald Trump.

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Music: “Modern Jazz Samba” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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