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For Jürgen Habermas, who died in March, the essence of democracy was thoughtful back-and-forth argument.
First published in The Atlantic on May 3, 2026.
by Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic
May 7, 2026
| reading time: 9 Min.
Americans have a long history of being hurried into war on false pretexts. The “yellow press” encouraged a war fever in 1898 by blaming the sinking of the USS Maine on the Spanish, even though the Navy’s own expert said it was caused by an accidental explosion. The George W. Bush administration justified the invasion of Iraq by claiming that Saddam Hussein had connections to the 9/11 attacks and was building weapons of mass destruction, neither of which turned out to be true.
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