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“Americans Are in a Way Crazy”— David Foster Wallace
Chapter 19 David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King (or, §19, if you prefer the book’s conceit) begins with this paragraph— ‘There’s something very interesting about civics and selfishness, and we get to...
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“Corporations Are Getting Better and Better at Seducing Us into Thinking the...
From §19 of David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King: ‘I have no idea what we do. As citizens we cede more and more of our autonomy, but if we the government take away citizens’ freedom to cede their...
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“It’s No Accident that Civics Isn’t Taught Anymore”— More from §19 of David...
(Help yourself to some context (or not)). Let’s look at some more of §19 of David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King. Our interlocutors, all IRS agents, stuck in an elevator (methinks), direct their...
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“A Strange Kind of Slavery”— David Foster Wallace on Individuality,...
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Civics and selfishness (David Foster Wallace)
Chapter 19 David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King (or, §19, if you prefer the book’s conceit) begins with this paragraph— ‘There’s something very interesting about civics and selfishness, and we get to...
View ArticleCivics and selfishness (David Foster Wallace)
Chapter 19 David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King (or, §19, if you prefer the book’s conceit) begins with this paragraph— ‘There’s something very interesting about civics and selfishness, and we get to...
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