July 2011
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Modelled
nudecency:
To make sense of the tumult in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Washington establishment has made for the safe harbour of analogies. Obama applauded the transformation in the region in his May 19 speech at the State Department and then announced a $2 billion aid package to revive the region’s stalled economies. The parallel Obama drew was instructive: the new Enterprise...
"Retromania"
renurenu:
Total recall: why retromania is all the rage | Music | Simon Reynolds | The Guardian
… if we look at what’s happening in the music scene, for instance, it’s hard to escape the view that the past is what’s “in” in so many different genres. there’s hardly anything really innovating going on. …
Taking a longer view of history might make...
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noam-chomsky:
“Instead of citizens, it produces consumers. Instead of communities, it produces shopping malls. The net result is an atomized society of disengaged individuals who feel demoralized and socially powerless.” — Profit Over People - Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky did not write this. It was written by Robert McChesney as noted previously.
(See also: misattribution tag)