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A Little Story About You, the Capitalist. (Capitalism Can’t Be “Less Greedy”...
Skewed News — More people lately are identifying capitalism as the underlying cause of our current global troubles and crises. That’s certainly positive: the first step toward cure is a proper...
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Does Elon Musk Care if We All Die?
Elon Musk is big news. Pick a random day and one of his companies’ press releases probably made its way throughout Facebook. For instance, a few days ago he launched a speedy new SUV called the Tesla...
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Hillary Was Against TPP Trade Agreement Before She Was (Just Now) Against It
Skewed News — “Looking forward, it seems far better to co-opt the spirit of Bernie’s message than to attack him,” David Axelrod, Obama’s old political strategist, counseled Hillary Clinton recently....
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Why NGOs and Leftish Nonprofits Suck (4 Reasons)
Skewed News —About 20 years ago, in a conversation with a Bangladeshi organizer, the topic of NGOs* came up. He spat in disgust: “I hate NGOs.” At the time, I didn’t really get why he was so vehement...
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What is Surplus Value, and Why Should Anti-Capitalists Care?
Skewed News — Capitalism is an ever-expanding, extremely destructive mode of production that has come to dominate the world; pretty much all social production has been integrated into its framework....
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What Is Socialism? Neither Grim Hellhole nor Rainbow Utopia
Skewed News — There are many contending claims of what socialism is. Let’s take a whirlwind tour: There’s the Cold War propaganda version that paints it as gray block housing, billowing smokestacks...
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Hillary Clinton Came Off as Presidential, Unrepentant and Cheap at Last...
Skewed News — Yesterday I tweeted that last night’s Democratic debate — inexplicably held on a Saturday when few Americans could be expected to watch it — would be a “do or die” moment for Bernie...
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Donald Trumpism Explained: It’s Free Trade, Stupid
Skewed News — Donald Trump is a nativist asshole. Why is he leading in the polls, and what does this say about Americans and/or Republicans? Analysts and pundits are obsessing over these questions even...
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I Am So Damn Anxious I Feel Like I Am Going To Have a Heart Attack
Skewed News — I never thought I’d live to be this old (52). I never thought that, if I lived to be this old, I’d still be so scared. I’m white, male, able-bodied, educated, tall. Got a solid resume....
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Bernie Can Pay For His Agenda by Cutting Defense
Skewed News — Late last year, I interviewed Bernie Sanders while working on my biography “Bernie.” I asked him if he planned to reduce the defense budget if elected president. “We will take a hard...
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