5LL #127 - Society, Positivity, Democracy, Deference, Tuition

We Live in a Society
Gabriel Winant, n+1
Organization is the entire question—the building of relationships and trust across the forms of social difference that have thus far prevented the socialist message from resonating as widely as it might.
Left-Wing Hypomania
Ajay Singh Chaudhary, The Baffler
If there’s anything to learn from the 2020 presidential election, it’s that the only realities of American exceptionalism are our empire, the dollar, and enforced optimism.
Yes, Democracy is Socialism
Astra Taylor, Popula
Republicans aren't right about much, but they're right about that.
Being-in-the-Room Privilege: Elite Capture and Epistemic Deference
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, The Philosopher
The facts that explain who ends up in which room shape our world much more powerfully than the squabbles for comparative prestige between people who have already made it into the rooms.
We Want a More Democratic University — Until Then, We Won't Pay
Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris, The Nation
Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.
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