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The Iran War Is Just Another American TV Show

Great writing is often tragic. The purpose of tragedy is to purge us of our excessive emotions. This is the catharsis. We are not cleansed, we do not get closure, we only get relief brought on by perspective.

Mad Men character Don Draper.

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