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Vance is partially right, but FDR ultimately succeeded because he understood that the stability of American democracy depends not just on paying the bills, but on equality and equity — of everyone having a fair shake at paying them.

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But if our crumbling democracy means anything, even insufferable warmongers deserve a fair shake.

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Most voters agreed that slavery still affects today’s Black residents, and more than half said California is either not doing enough, or just enough, to ensure a fair shake at success.

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Then Mamdani would get a fair shake, and so would the rest of us.

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“They're just interested in making sure that everybody's got a fair shake to get to it.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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