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“The dirty secret of the neoliberal era is that these ideas were never defeated in a great battle of ideas, nor were they voted down in elections. They were shocked out of the way at key political junctures.” (569)
“These ideas” = examples of democratic socialism
— Jan 02, 2026 10:46AM
“These ideas” = examples of democratic socialism
Sylvie Nguyen
is on page 528 of 558
Government brain drain is so sad, can we stop it 💁♀️
— Jan 01, 2026 07:43PM
Sylvie Nguyen
is on page 480 of 558
Had an elaborate plan of finishing this tn…unfortunately not happening
— Dec 31, 2025 07:55PM
Sylvie Nguyen
is on page 471 of 558
“Countries, like people, don’t reboot to zero with a good shock; they just break and keep on breaking” (471)
— Dec 31, 2025 12:01PM
Sylvie Nguyen
is on page 430 of 558
Part 5 was hard to get to and I’m finding a lot of typos and sentences structures that I don’t like :(
— Dec 30, 2025 03:00PM

