Not exact matches
As he plots the future of Race Together, Schultz faces
deep challenges and perhaps even
deeper cynicism.
To this end, he argues, rightly, that «
Cynicism should be seen
as a purely classical phenomenon, with
deep roots in many aspects of Greek experience,» interpreting even «Cynic asceticism
as a response to the Greek experience of poverty.»
Cynicism is the enemy of civility: it suggests a
deep distrust of the motives of our fellow passengers, a distrust that ruins any project that rests,
as civility does, on trusting others even when there is risk.
He criticised their «political
cynicism», adding: «They pose
as tough guys cutting spending sooner and
deeper than anyone else.
Its characteristics are unmistakable: rapid - fire dialogue with quips flying
as often
as bullets, a cadre of contemporary character actors playing gangster, and a
deep well of edgy
cynicism on which to hang these affectations.