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in order to bring about the impossible inspo/anti-capitalism

[...] the left was not established so as to have things easy but in order to bring about the impossible. It was created to improve the world and the condition of human beings in the teeth of adversity and apparent hopelessness, to fight for human rights and democracy and to flood the societies of t…

—p.128 The Great Regression The courage to be audacious (117) by Robert Misik
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the audacity of hope

[...] Anyone who comes forward with the implicit promise 'Vote for us because we shall make sure that things will only get worse slowly!' may just as well hand over the keys of office to the leader of the nearest right-wing populist party. What we need, finally, is what Barack Obama has called 'the…

—p.128 The courage to be audacious (117) by Robert Misik
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any attention at all

[...] it is by no means true that these sectors of the population are furious because the 'cultural left' is calling for a third toilet for transgender persons. They are furious because they have the feeling that such demands are getting lots of attention, while their own economic and social situ…

—p.126 The courage to be audacious (117) by Robert Misik
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there are always winners and losers

[...] Even if trade and deregulation may produce benefits for a nation 'in the aggregate', these benefits are unfairly distributed, which is why there are always winners and losers. And those who are not among the winners know full well after twenty-fie years that competition is increasing, social …

—p.120 The courage to be audacious (117) by Robert Misik
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