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The Working Class Can’t Be Bought Off Quite So Easily

In one email to Jeffrey Epstein, former CEO of Barclays Jes Staley explains that the reason the masses aren’t in revolt against the rich is that they’re placated by consumerism and celebrity culture. Unfortunately for them, people aren’t that easy to deceive. Commodity consumption can heighten self-.

Commodity consumption can heighten self-.

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