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Benjamin Melançon

    • 24 Jul 07
    • 8:08 pm

    I'm with Alexandra on the tone of this article. Obviously, meaningful activism has to be made available to people who never have the opportunity to go to college. And while an effective liberal counter to the right-wing activist grooming machinery might be nice, putting people in paid lobbying or pundit positions is never going to move us toward the radical solutions we need. (Hint: 15 to 20 percent annual increases in wealth given away to investors would end, one way or another, and that would not go well with the only people capable of funding such an initiative.) At the same …

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