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Adam Curtis

Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake

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The Absurdity of the Markets

I don't dream anymore, I feel that nothing is ever going to get better. That's the really powerful moment when you realize that you can't imagine anything else. We should be a benchmark against which we measure the apocalypse that hits us. And what we lack is because we don't have dreams and imagination of what alternatives could be. It was as if what used to be a system that worked didn't work any longer and started eating itself. They slammed the door shut and went out trapped in the panic room. Every button they try and press doesn't seem to work. Inflation goes up and down and no one quite knows. To go back to your question, when's that moment

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