Mr. Egan confuses "capitalism" with the current round of capitalists, much in the way certain other people confuse "saving the earth" with "saving the people who need the earth's physical and chemical characteristics to remain largely as they are now." Capitalism was never at risk.
And also a big hearty "fuck you" to Mr. Egan's condescension about what the average voter can understand. The average voter understood perfectly well that they weren't who was getting saved.
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And also a big hearty "fuck you" to Mr. Egan's condescension about what the average voter can understand. The average voter understood perfectly well that they weren't who was getting saved.