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A Politics of Love (Robert Wright & Marianne Williamson)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

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The Absolutism of Property Rights

We have adopted in this country the most toxic form of capitalism that was ushered in by trickle down economics, and that is unfettered, unregulated capitalism. That absolutism contradicts the ability to consider the long term good of you, your children, or other people if your bottom line is short term profit maximization for a corporate entity. The master of capitalism in this country made it very clear that they would be ok with watching people drop dead rather than change their marketing principle. And i say that not as someone who is anti capitalist. I don't believe that this is inherent in capitalism, but i believe that we have to be open eyed, clear eyed about the form of capitalism which

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