Much of what is today called social criticism consists of members of t…

Steven Pinker
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Much of what is today called social criticism consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians. ✨ Steven Pinker (2003). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, p.370, Penguin
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