Silicon billionaires are the lethal monkey on the back of the American public

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Silicon billionaires are the lethal monkey on the back of the American public

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Published on Sep 14, 2018, 12:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:32:03

Episode Description

Author Anand Giridharadas discusses the distorted libertarian ideology that they use to subvert the American experiment in democracy. They have done so by denying the legitimacy of government intervention into the economy on the side of fairness and justice, including decent working conditions, fair wages, regulation of the economy, and the right to form unions to represent them and fight for their interests. 

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