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This seems to ignore a rather important the a rather important third culture: the free-market capitalist. Why was this not mentioned? It is certainly an importa
by revscat 13y ago
This seems to ignore a rather important the a rather important third culture: the free-market capitalist. Why was this not mentioned? It is certainly an important one insofar as western culture is concerned, and has risen to become far more important and influential than the other two.
- potatolicious 13y agoI don't think capitalists are a separate category in and of themselves - they invariably belong in one camp or the other. Elon Musk is a scientist. Andy Warhol is an artist. Both are known for savvy and shrewd capitalistic exploitation of their talents. A capitalist who is neither scientist nor artist is not much of a capitalist at all, for he/she has nothing upon which to capitalize. All business, at the end of the day, is the exploitation of an art or a science to fulfill a need.
- revscat 13y agoMitch McConnell. Michael Bloomberg. The Koch brothers. Vladimir Putin. The NSA. There are many, many political actors which shape Western culture that this essay does not account for.