In 1902, Cecil Rhodes instructed his executors to find men who exhibited the “qualities of manhood: Truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for the protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness, and fellowship.” One hundred nineteen years later, his will honors schoolmarms creating apps that tell people what they can post on the Internet.
When Pete Buttigieg represents the good old days of an institution, it is an institution that has rotted all the way down to its core.
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