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Jun 3

The Batman and The Politics of Urban Decay

Storytelling in an Age of Neoliberalism — This article contains SPOILERS for The Batman (2022). Although Matt Reeves’s The Batman has received widespread praise for spotlighting social inequalities, its analysis of urban decay is less than helpful. In the film, Batman’s detective work leads him to the bombshell discovery that government corruption and collusion with organized crime…

Batman

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The Batman and The Politics of Urban Decay
The Batman and The Politics of Urban Decay

May 22

In Defense of One Person, One Vote

An Argument for Democracy Amidst the Growing Popularity of Meritocratic Rule — Why should the vote of a learned scholar and a layman be weighted equally in an election? Why not pass a law in which college-educated individuals are allowed to cast two votes, high school-educated individuals are allowed to cast one vote, and individuals without a high school diploma are not…

Democracy

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In Defense of One Person, One Vote
In Defense of One Person, One Vote

May 22

The Democratization of Space?

A Response to “Billionaire space race expands industry, ‘democratizes’ space” —

Democracy

5 min read

The Democratization of Space?
The Democratization of Space?
Travis Ashby

Travis Ashby

BYU Sociology Graduate Student, avid reader of Jacobin

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