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Part One: The Diggers, the Levelers, the Ranters, and John Darnielle

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The End of Capitalism and Its Effects on the World

There's a small bunch of us who believe in injustice, and then a whole match of people who do not give a shit. Industrialization is the reason that fewer people starve than used to. If you think hunger is bad now, you should try some hunger in the twelfth centurys. The same patterns come up over and over again.

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