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Buddhist perspectives on society and culture

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society and culture

Despised – why the modern left loathes the working class

26 May 2022

Ratnaguna and Advayacitta discuss the book ‘Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class’ by Paul Embery, and the important issues it raises.

Other books mentioned in the discussion are:

‘Woke Inc.’ by Vivek Ramaswamy
‘The New Class War’ by Michael Lind
‘Neo-Feudalism’ by Joel Kotkin.

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