• PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      5 months ago

      there was a time when i read the economist somewhat regularly… i almost even subscribed but i was annoyed with the repetitive CHINA WILL END THIS YEAR covers…

      what a different time that was in my life

      • emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        yeah same here, some portion of my anger comes from having been deceived by them when I was fully plugged into the matrix

        Here, then, is the problem with the magazine: readers are consistently given the impression, regardless of whether it is true, that unrestricted free market capitalism is a Thoroughly Good Thing, and that sensible and pragmatic British intellectuals have vouched for this position. The nuances are erased, reality is fudged, and The Economist helps its American readers pretend to have read books by telling them things that the books don’t actually say.

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