RichardDWolff ~ A great lecture
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=w0c5Gfh2ZWY
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As the country’s most populous state, California, unsurprisingly, has the country’s most coronavirus cases.
But the second-largest state — Texas — is closing in on the No. 1 spot. Cases have started to surge again in certain parts of the Lone Star State, while California’s cases have declined since the summer surge and continue to stay relatively low. ...
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Swartzberg said the Bay Area has seen state and local officials working “hand in glove” on public health policy. By contrast, he said, Texas generally has been more resistant to public health policies including mask-wearing and social distancing.
“Texas ... has a very different governance that is more laissez faire,” Swartzberg said. “People in charge of the state are much more in line with the White House and their policies.” ...
... Its title is Fratelli Tutti, and it is a scathing description of laissez-faire capitalism and a meditation on the coronavirus pandemic that has swept across the globe. ...
Picking up on some of his favorite themes, Francis says the marketplace cannot resolve every problem and denounces what he describes as "this dogma of neo-liberal faith that resorts to the magic theories of spillover or trickle." ...
"Every brother or sister in need, when abandoned or ignored by the society in which I live, becomes an existential foreigner, even though born in the same country. They may be citizens with full rights, yet they are treated like foreigners in their own country. Racism is a virus that quickly mutates and, instead of disappearing, goes into hiding, and lurks in waiting."
The encyclical is a sharp critique of nationalism and populism. In one section, he warns against "unhealthy 'populism' when individuals are able to exploit politically a people's culture, under whatever ideological banner, for their own personal advantage or continuing grip on power." ...
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