For as lucky as I’ve been to carve out a space in the artistic medium that I love, there’s always been a part of me that knew the game was rigged. The only real difference between me and the folks back home in Montana is that I’ve gotten a chance to peek behind the curtain. I’ve been horrified every time. The power imbalance we’ve all known was lurking has mutated well beyond any previous conflicts of rich and poor, which now seem downright quaint by comparison. Fresh weapons have entered the fray, machines with the ability to build capital that much more efficiently. And it’s not the machines
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