Meet the Alienated Optimists

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It ought to be good news that the amount of “alienation” Americans feel is on the low end of the range as measured since 1966 by the Harris Poll’s Alienation Index. But while the overall Index number is lower than in the previous four years, majorities of the respondents vented plenty of alienation on some of Harris’s specific questions.

In 2009’s poll (conducted last month), 57 percent endorsed the statement, “Most people with power try to take advantage of people like yourself.”

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