Kurt Vonnegut
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| Born | 1922-11-11 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died | 2007-04-11 Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | Mark Vonnegut, Edith Vonnegut, Nannette Vonnegut, James Adams, Steven Adams, Kurt Adams, Lily Vonnegut |
| Spouse | Jane Marie Cox |
Kurt Vonnegut was a US author.
Opinions
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“Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on.”
Kurt Vonnegut [1]
US Deep state
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So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.” |Is about=Kurt Vonnegut,librarians, White House|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate= |Sourced from=A Man Without A Country |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName=A Man Without A Country |Has sourceURL=http://stephenslighthouse.com/2013/03/12/kurt-vonnegut-on-librarians/
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"I myself feel that our country... might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers. Sometimes I wish it had been. What has happened, though, is that it has been taken over by means of the sleaziest, low-comedy, Keystone Cops-style coup d’etat imaginable".[3]