![We [on the left] have to be used to being a minority -- a small minority -- for some time to come. The odd thing is that the right, even when it is in power, likes to think of itself as an embattled minority against this elite that somehow runs everything. Whereas the left, even when it has no power at all, likes to imagine it somehow represents the majority of people. These are mirror-image delusions.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-on-the-left-have-to-be-used-to-being-a-minority-a-small-minority-for-s.jpg)
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