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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday,

September 22nd. I'm Dorothy Wicenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. On Tuesday, after a weekend of terrorist attacks in the United States, Barack Obama addressed the United Nations General

Assembly. He spoke about the extremist movements inspired by sectarianism and religious

fundamentalism around the world.

We cannot dismiss these visions. They are powerful. They reflect dissatisfaction among too many of

our citizens. I do not believe those visions can deliver security or prosperity over the long term,

but I do believe that these visions fail to recognize at a very basic level

are common humanity.

Moreover, I believe that the acceleration of travel and technology and telecommunications, together with a

global economy that depends on a global supply chain, makes itself defeating ultimately for

those who seek to reverse this progress. Today, a nation ringed by walls would only imprison

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