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The country that always modeled social mobility for the rest of the world has become more class-ridden than recent aristocracies like Austria and Japan.
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“To save our democracy, we must restructure our economy to make us equal Americans.”
― Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
― Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
“Critical theory upends the universal values of the Enlightenment: objectivity, rationality, science, equality and freedom of the individual. These liberal values are an ideology by which dominant groups subjugate other groups. All relations are power relations, everything is political, and claims of reason and truth are social constructs that maintain those in power.”
― Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
― Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
“In short, for decades it will be impossible to adequately feed the planet without using fossil fuels as sources of energy and raw materials.”
― How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
― How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
“The teachings of Buddhism, and of Eastern spirituality generally, focus on the primacy of the mind.”
― Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
― Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
“An average inhabitant of the Earth nowadays has at their disposal nearly 700 times more useful energy than their ancestors had at the beginning of the 19th century.”
― How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
― How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
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