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The dark history of Silicon Valley

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The New Left's Experience in the 60s and 70s

The new left's experience in the 60s and 70s is their experience with reform and revolution. They found constantly that even when they got into the room with decision makers, they couldn't change people's minds. That's not the job of agents of capital; it's to act out impersonal injunctions about capitalist growth and accumulation. And at a certain point, you realize you're not dealing with someone who has the freedom of reason.

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