The violence of inequality.
from truthdig
Writing for Truthout and truthdig, Henry A Giroux says inequality spawns real and symbolic violence: poverty which aggravates poor health and shortens lives. The neoliberal Horatio Alger myths of upward mobility assumes choices, he says, which no longer exist for millions of people. "Predator capitalism", writes Giroux, is embodied in the "white male rage" aimed at the poor, minorities, students and protesters by denizens of the Republican Party, gun advocates, right-wing Christian extremists and "most Tea Party members".
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