This week, I consider why it's so difficult to get Americans to fight back against getting screwed at airports, movie theaters, ballparks, etc. Since it feels almost un-American to push back against corporate gouging, does that mean it's our patriotic duty to get screwed?
Mentioned this week:
Popular Information: Major Corporations Sponsor "Anti-Woke" Event
Calvin Coolidge's Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Jimmy Carter's Crisis of Confidence Speech
The Intercept: The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot
The Guardian on Lina Khan's FTC