Instead, we've had generations of neoliberal austerity sadists, autocrats and corrupt dolts who've helped billionaires stripmine our civilization and set the world on fire.
But politics have changed before, and they can change again (note that I didn't say they *will* change - just that they *can*, because *we* can change them). Society may feel deadlocked, but crises precipitate change.
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Cory Doctorow
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