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Nationalism as a substitute for equality

Real equality cannot be achieved through distribution alone, but by relying on personal relationships with one another. If we are to reduce inequality, and fight populism, we must rehabilitate equality. Interview. Español

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Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India. Looking out across the bay at some of the most expensive land in the world. Shreyans Bhansali/Flickr. Some rights reserved.

All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.”

- John Stuart Mill