#Elitism

Hi everyone! We're looking forward to the October Festival, but for the next few weeks we're going to share some posts about some books, authors, booksellers, etc. that would have
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A thread on populism because apparently no one knows what it is /1 Populism sees "the people" as a homogenous group who is inherently good fighting against "the elite" or
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Someone asked me recently what I would replace “leftist” streamers with. Let's be real here, “leftist” streamers are not the linchpin of revolution. We'll survive without them.But I do want
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As promised, a discussion about MBAs that is sure to please some and infuriate others (because that’s how these things go.)Business School is a well-worn path for many officers leaving
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Easy to say, “The best in my generation are working on ads”, but ads work (intentionally leaving “work” underspecified) where they are supposed to. I’m doing research on ad-free content
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1// AN ANALOGY OF CINEMA AND THE CURRENT PANDEMIC POLITICS//Whenever I would tell my friends about my favourite films: Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander, Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy or Antonioni's
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Umberto Eco's 14 Common Features of #Fascism (+1 more)Famous Italian author Umberto Eco (Name of the Rose) grew up under Mussolini, & certainly knows what fascism looks like. #ThursdayThoughts The
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My siblings and I were from Tao Nan primary (GEP + Chinese dominated) and my sister told me she didn't realize the existence of other races until she went to
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1. This a thread. My only credentials being 40 years an activist, fought Thatcher over CND, Poll Tax, BNP, closure of the mines, shipbuilding, steelworks, fishing and heavy industry in
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I wasn't but thanks, this is entirely unhelpful in breaking down the complexities of intellectual ableism and racism and classism and elitism in US education.https://twitter.com/mollyhc/status/1307009864279916544 The thing is, pretendin
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CW: Racism, SuicideThe Story of the Phasmophobia Board Mods Egos & Their Crusade to Only Achieve World Records. Started today with a mod of the Phasmophobia speedrun community proudly exclaiming
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@FliteUS 's success and rise simply does not affect DJ Flight's work, legacy or career in any way, it will not overshadow her work, and that's the simple logical truth
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From January 2004 issue of Socialist StandardWhen Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was sixteen his brother was hanged for complicity in plot to assassinate the Tsar. Later, he himself got involved in
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1/ Rant. Have your spicy takes or whatever, but Twitter is not reality. We live in a selection bias bubble.RBG dying will have actual, serious consequences whether you like it
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𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘿𝘼𝙍𝘿 (anything but)The stable coin industry has seen massive growth from $6B-$54B b/w march 20-march 21 and is set to continue this trend.Standard protocol is the first ‘collateralized rebaseable stable
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It's taken me a while, but I'm going to say something that's been haunting me for the past 25 years due to its stigma by the career-oriented world we live
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