The Intercept has chosen a harder road
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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The most profitable way for any public figure to build an audience is to tell people what they want to hear — which is usually that everything wrong with America is the fault of an opposing political faction or party.
Trust me, I get the temptation. I could spend all my time decrying the Trumpist far right — but pontificating about the obvious is a missed opportunity to shed light on the deeper and more enduring injustices at the heart of American empire.
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