Flavio Matani (flavius_m) wrote,
Flavio Matani
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"Patriarchy Too Big to Fail?" by Laurie Penny.

Laurie Penny eloquently pondering on the trials of Trump and Weinstein and what they show about our societies, male patriarchy and our naive belief that once the guilty are found guilty our institutions will punish them.

"the greatest threat that liberalism poses to the survival of the species is its relentless strategic assumption that “decent people” in full possession of the facts will do the right thing"

https://thebaffler.com/latest/is-patriarchy-too-big-to-fail-penny

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Tags: the future we fear, this modern world
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