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The Great Replacement Theory

Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff

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The American Dream Passing Out of Reach

Since the second world war, any argument that blames capitalist for anything is shut down. The capitalists were clever. They made a critique of capitalism into something that suggested you weren't loyal to the us. And so the field was left, working class suffering. You are subjecting the working class to one ter another of a forty year assault on the so called american dream. And you're doing it while giving only one weird, right wing explanation the opportunity to be spread around. Why we surprised that people find it persuasive? Because the alternative isn't out there competing. If it did, there'd be a lot of folks who would respond. That's why i'm confident of that."

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