“There are many people who are angry right now because
they feel they’re not respected. They feel that people disregard them or look
down on them. Capitalism is very good at fulfilling material desires, but it’s
not so good as fulfilling the desire for others’ desires. It also produces a
lot of inequality, and one of the problems with being poor is not only the lack
of material resources but the problems it creates with regards to respect. If
you’re poor, you’re not remarked upon. Politicians don’t pay attention.”—Stanford
University political scientist Francis Fukuyama quoted by Cody Delistraty, “SOAPBOX:
Rosamund Pike, Kaws and Francis Fukuyama on Desire,”
WSJ. Magazine,
Issue 126 (Spring 2021)
(The image accompanying this post, of Francis Fukuyama
at Nexus Instituut, was taken Sept. 25, 2005, by Robert Goddyn.)
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