Our Biggest Fears of a Soviet Dystopia Are Becoming True Under Capitalism

American capitalism has this Soviet-esque quality to it, with all its pointless bureaucracy, collectivism, burnout, and helplessness

Sam Corey
Sam Corey
Nov 3 · 18 min read
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AAnother dull day at the office and I’m sitting at my desk staring glassy-eyed into my work-issued MacBook, dredging my…

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I’m so #woke, I’m literally an insomniac.

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