Thomas Frank Quotes

People understand how, with the concentration of ownership, the things that make up their lives are increasingly under the control of fewer and fewer hands. We see a great, popular demonology of corporate villains that especially tends to focus on the leaders of the culture industry, such as Rupert Murdoch, who is a very widely hated figure.

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As we all know, Nike is a terrible exploiter of labor in other countries while advertising themselves here as being the bearer of authenticity, with products that will put you back in touch with real life. They even had a series of commercials several years ago about the revolution, which was basketball when played from the heart and not for love of money.

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I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.

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An appeal to reason in a dark time.

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The public is becoming more engaged with this project as each new phase starts. We hope to address the very real concerns people have.

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Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials.

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What becomes fascinating is the way the culture industry doesn't deny it and doesn't try to mitigate it, but tries to sell its products as a way of liberating oneself.

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