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Elon Musk — the flighty überrich autocrat put [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-and-musk-are-trying-to-kill-social-security/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reasons-for-progressive-optimism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/reasons-for-progressive-optimism/#respond Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:39:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1231457 Political reform doesn’t come by saying ‘pretty please’ to the power structure. From corporate polluters to political bosses, power elites try to create a myth of inevitability to make workaday people feel too helpless to change the injustices of the system. “Don’t bother” is their message. 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