Charles Schulz, creator of "Peanuts," on Democracy

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Schulz was a soldier during WWII. Like many in his generation he understood what happens to everyone when the citizens of a major liberal democracy lose faith in its institutions and start engaging in jingoism and start attacking minorities instead of defending them.

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For others that don’t want to click through to twitter:

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It is so nice to read something that CONFIRMS a person I admire really was a good person and not like a closet Nazi or something for a change.

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Not knowing much about Charles Schulz, I found this episode of Roy Wood Jr’s ‘beyond the scenes’ dailyshow podcast really interesting last year:

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That was interesting; thanks for posting.

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He was rather astute I think. Many a truth is said in jest.

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