The indifference to the plight of others and the cult of the self is what the corporate state seeks to instill in us. That state appeals to pleasure, as well as fear, to crush compassion. … We will have to resist the temptation to fold in on ourselves and to ignore the injustice visited on others… As long as we defy these forces, we remain alive. And, for now, this is the only victory possible.
—Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class (2010)
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