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Behold, a capitalist stomping around with his human face ripped off.

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We have two freedoms at war: the freedom of the masses and communities to act on their own behalf for their own welfare, and the freedom of the capitalist to thwart their freedom and exploit them for profit. These two interests have been at war for quite a long time, and the capitalist, with his dominance over mass discourse, has been able to co-opt a great number of those he oppresses and enlist them into fighting for capitalist freedom.

In a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen goes public on privatization, from the wholesale selling off of our remaining social goods, to the ways we buy into capitalism's pitch, and explains why Trump might be the spokesperson America needs to realize capitalism has nothing to sell us but our own misery.

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Jeff Dorchen

Jeff is a visual artist, songwriter/musician, actor, essayist, fiction writer, poet, playwright and screenwriter. He's been a playwright, songwriter, and performer with Chicago's Theater Oobleck since 1988, a writer and actor with Red Baron Films since 2000, and a contributor to This Is Hell! since 1996. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

 

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