The habit of losing your innocence

Voters queue up at the John F. Kennedy Library this Tuesday in Hialeah, Florida. Lynne Sladky / AP

“I don't want to regain my innocence.

I want the pleasure of losing her again ”.

This was the point of view of Scott Fitzgerald in his novel

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Perhaps Scott Fitzgerald, who wrote the phrase shortly after the end of World War I, reflected a trait common to an entire society.

The United States is a relatively young country, almost an adolescent, prone to major crises and decisive moments after which it loses its innocence and is convinced that nothing will ever be the same ...

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