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Month: August 2012

Radical proposal(s) of the day

August 29, 2012Shawn Gude 7 Comments

Christopher Lasch, for all his antediluvian tendencies, was right when he wrote, “The difficulty of limiting the influence of wealth suggests that wealth itself needs to be limited. When money talks, everybody is condemned to listen.” This was hardly a… Continue Reading →

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Democracy: A Journal of (Bad) Ideas

August 24, 2012Shawn Gude 3 Comments

I’m glad to see a left-ish journal discussing citizenship, but I can’t find a lot to agree with here: We at Democracy, while not for a second denying the need for constant vigilance with regard to rights, have long felt… Continue Reading →

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Equality, social movements, and assimilationism

August 20, 2012Shawn Gude 4 Comments

I’m in the midst of rereading Chris Hayes’ excellent book Twilight of the Elites (review still forthcoming—promise) and wanted to highlight this pregnant passage: “The areas in which the left has made the most significant progress—gay rights, inclusion of women… Continue Reading →

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Paul Ryan and the politics of the poor

August 17, 2012Shawn Gude 6 Comments

Over at In These Times, Bhaskar Sunkara argues Ryan’s entrance into the presidential race could redound to the benefit of the left: The injection of a right-wing ideologue in Paul Ryan should, logically, move the race rightward. But since his… Continue Reading →

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