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Recall here the language of the economics textbooks: “Imagine a society without money.” “Imagine a barter economy.” One thing these examples make abundantly clear is just how limited the imaginative powers of most economists turn out to be.
Some of us see the lack of policy change and wonder if the movement itself was futile. But __policy change is an end point, not an origin. The cradle of material change is in our imagination and ideas.__ And whereas white supremacy, like any other status quo, can default to the clichéd claims and excuses for the world as it is—bad cops are rotten apples, America is guardian of the free world—we have the burden of crafting new language and stories that allow people to imagine that new policies are possible.
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
If make-believe play is the purest expression of human freedom, make-believe work imposed by others is the purest expression of lack of freedom.
Bullshit Jobs
David Graeber
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