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 <description>Why is an argument between two optimists worth time and attention in a dark world?  openDemocracy editor Anthony Barnett defends the publication of Tom Nairn&amp;#146;s long and challenging response to Timothy Garton Ash&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy/article_2260.jsp&quot; class=&quot;read-more&quot; title=&quot;Read the rest of this posting.&quot;&gt;Read the rest of this post...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy/article_2260.jsp&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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