The Tourist

Leaning Into Brittleness

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Phil Christman
Aug 14, 2022
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As did many others, I enjoyed the hell out of Clare Coffey’s essay about the common tendency to blame capitalism for one’s own too-indulged, or even carefully-nurtured inadequacies. I think one reason it has struck such a chord is that it’s an essay a lot of people have wanted to write, but they weren’t sure they could figure out how to do it without ei…

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