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Merit proven in the course of competition allows capitalism, a social system activated by the dynamic of competitive pursuit of profit, to align with liberal democracy, a political system activated by the competitive pursuit of popular endorsement for contenders’ acquisition of political office. Thus, the competitive pursuit of profit and of public office emerges as the operative logic of democratic capitalism as an institutionalized social order or sociopolitical system.
Capitalism on Edge
Albena Azmanova;
For James the consequence of believing, that is to say, should not be dogmatism or fanaticism, or even necessarily conviction, but a continuing pragmatic openness of mind.
On Getting Better
Adam Phillips
In today’s America, narcissism and sociopathy are strategies. And they’re very successful strategies, especially in business and politics and entertainment.” Call it the myth of abnormal, this notion that somehow these antisocial traits go against the grain; truer to say they are the grain.
The Myth of Normal
Gabor Maté, MD
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