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Because if you're American, then sticking your head in the sand never actually worked as a strategic solution.
And if you're not American, then when your neighbour is poisoning their land, you should still pay attention because that shit's gonna be on your land sooner or later.
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ProPublica: Voting in America Is NUTS. Here’s How to Plan Ahead.
Does America have Capitalist Stockholm Syndrome
Marx was right. Capitalism does produce a false consciousness. Those who’ll never be capitalists are exactly those who defend it most. The imploded middle classes — in Marxist terms, the upper proletariat and the petite bourgeoisie — these days, are capitalist’s staunchest and truest defenders. Not just because they “hope to be capitalists one day” — a cognitive cause. But because capitalism replaced their sense of self.
And if you're not American, then when your neighbour is poisoning their land, you should still pay attention because that shit's gonna be on your land sooner or later.
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ProPublica: Voting in America Is NUTS. Here’s How to Plan Ahead.
Does America have Capitalist Stockholm Syndrome
Marx was right. Capitalism does produce a false consciousness. Those who’ll never be capitalists are exactly those who defend it most. The imploded middle classes — in Marxist terms, the upper proletariat and the petite bourgeoisie — these days, are capitalist’s staunchest and truest defenders. Not just because they “hope to be capitalists one day” — a cognitive cause. But because capitalism replaced their sense of self.
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