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Aaron Swartz: What Happens in The Dark Knight
As we’ve discussed, in Batman Begins 1960s-style full employment and antipoverty programs lead to skyrocketing crime while in The Dark Knight Rises 1980s-style tough-on-crime policies and neoliberal economics lead to a revolt of the economic underclass. The films are mirror images, one about the failure of liberal…
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Society, Policy & CultureLife, Learning & Writing2013
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| Jan 12, 2013 | Aaron Swartz: What Happens in The Dark Knight by zatara | 257 | 13 |
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