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Globalization looked like it was going to answer all the economic questions of class. Turned out not to be the case.


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I think that bias is not a fixed thing. It's not as though some people are biased and others are not. It ebbs and flows. It can be manipulated. It changes according to a person's circumstances.



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We will have a more just society as soon as we want one.



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