This Is Our Country’s Rebirth

It’s ugly, but don’t give up on America now

Julio Vincent Gambuto
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10 min readJun 4, 2020

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Crowds protest on New York City’s Upper East Side. Photo credit: JVG

America is not falling. Yes, it may look like that, and it may certainly feel like that. Just last week in New York City — one of capitalism’s shining capitals — stores were boarded up, windows were shattered, cop cars raced down the streets with sirens blaring as the clock struck eight on curfew hour. And that’s on the Upper East Side…

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Julio Vincent Gambuto
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