The Communist Revolution in China? The socialist reforms of Chavez in Venezuela.
Note: I am not disagreeing with this article (I love Hamilton), but yes - there are historical examples of progressive political ideology, that once they were enacted, turned out to be on “the wrong side of history.”
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Just coming back to this article now after reading a more recent article about Whedon - and...
This article is emblematic of the confusion that results when you have too many writers loosely defining “-isms” on the internet. In this case, “feminism”. Advocates offer a common-sense definition. Opponents offer some…
Yawn. This article is the definition of manufactured outrage. Scouring the internet to try and manufacture some irritation towards a famous person. If there’s nothing substantial, we’ll invent an issue...
William,
So this is a pretty well-established practice within the publishing industry. Whole companies exist for the sake of skewing sales to generate buzz (see this NYTimes article for more context: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/04/18/firm-that-helps-authors-buy-their-way-onto-bestseller-lists-goes-i…