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Education and Citizenship: Conversation with Joseph Tussman (Conversations with History, UC Berkeley), page 2: The Art of Politics

Joseph Tussman · c. 2000

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Politics has been corrupted by the idea of the marketplace

In my view, the conception of politics has been corrupted by the conception of the marketplace.

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  1. In my view, the conception of politics has been corrupted by the conception of the marketplace.
  2. But I think when a citizen is called on to make a decision politically, he's supposed to ask himself about what's good, in his judgment, for the welfare of the community and not what's good for himself.

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