Thinky Thinks with Matthew Foust

Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite, Christopher Hitchens


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Another interjection for a work of "the Hitch" never fails to entertain, almost always informs, and rarely disappoints. While in his own world he says "I am perfectly well aware that there are many graver problems facing civilization, and many grosser violations of human rights being perpetrated as we speak", this essay finds its way to much more relevance than it seems by outlining the simple fact that when we don't like something, we ought to change it. More than that, it points out that the small things, the trivial violations, are the easiest to correct, and we have little excuse not to speak up, act up, and fix it. All this and more in two pages about a glass of wine at dinner.

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