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success can squash authenticity project/panopticon

First, there is a strong sense that they have scratched and clawed their way to the top, but that once they’ve arrived, there is a risk of losing the honor and dogged authenticity that motivated them on that journey to begin with. Indeed, there is honor associated with the success, but the deeper a…

—p.147 Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West by Justin Farrell
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utter nonsense and socialist drivel

The unsophisticated invocation of “science” and “balance” is also influenced by a certain economic naturalism, by which I mean an unquestioned commitment to fixed economic laws of private property rights and laissez-faire economics. One respondent, a leader of a local nonprofit who works closely wi…

—p.116 by Justin Farrell
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the purity of this realm that we call “nature”

I found that nature provides a special dispensation for purchases and practices that may otherwise be viewed as morally suspect, opulent, or greedy. Nature is priceless, but priceless experiences can be quite expensive. In communing with nature we experience something much deeper, honest, and True …

—p.100 by Justin Farrell
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his friend who recently purchased a 200-foot yacht

With that said, what is the relationship between conservation and the intensification of inequality? First, we must understand the taken-for-granted macroeconomic theory that I found operating beneath the surface. My dinner partner Bob sums it up well with an aphorism and a story. The aphorism is a…

—p.95 by Justin Farrell
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the myth that the wealthy deserve to be exploited

With regard to the first, Colin talked at length about the current assault on the rich within national politics, propelled by a secret, but growing, movement toward socialism. High-tax environments like Connecticut, California, New York, and others are, for Colin, essentially “communism,” subscribi…

—p.69 by Justin Farrell