If You Don’t Understand Politics Right Now, This Is For You

From socially and economically, to all things politics, our world is going through a number of revolutions at the moment. It feels as though we are firmly knocking at doors of change, and that’s probably for the best. What’s astounding, however is that a number of entities, be it media or otherwise, are struggling to understand the changes at play. Struggling, might I add, and failing miserably.

This thread courtesy of Time Magazine Editor, Anand Giridharadas, presents both an explainer and a clear, scathing rebuke to entities who struggle to make sense of modern socioeconomic and political conditions because of their inability to look past their own privilege. If you read one thing on the internet today, let this be it:

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