Michel HouellebecqMaybe I should have gone into politics. If you were a political activist, election season brought moments of intensity, whichever side you were on, and meanwhile here I was inarguably withering away,
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In politics, you can be a symbol for your cause, or you can be a symbol of the problem. A politician is a public person who makes decisions about how society works, and who is held accountable for those decisions. Angie Thomas says “I should have gone into politics. I was beginning to think that I could do something to help people better understand what was happening to me.”
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