Is our “common sense” understanding of the world a reflection of the ruling class’s demands of the larger society? If we are to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet, Chomsky and Waterstone forcefully argue that we must look closely at the everyday tools we use to interpret the world. The outcome of those contests is uncertain everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.” -From the Afterword Contests for controlling the narratives around the meaning of this pandemic will be the terrain of struggle for either a new, more humane common sense and society or a return to the status quo ante. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. “Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system.
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