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Overthink

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Is Bartleby the Scrivener a Joe Mo Hero?

A lot of what Brinkman is talking about is closely hued to some of the critiques of capitalism and leftist politics that you and I might have, David. And in this regard, one of the people that I think is sort of a Joe mo hero is Bartleby the Scrivener who's that Melville character who is a clerk. He just like rolls into work and refuses to do anything. But his refusal isn't particularly active. All he says whenever anybody asks him to do something is I would prefer not to.

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