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Collected Item: “HIST30060: GREED SUCKS”

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HIST30060: GREED SUCKS

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Photograph

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I found this chalk slogan on the road hilariously neo-liberal. Absolutely, greed sucks - the way COVID-19 exacerbated wealth inequalities and ravaged communities disproportionately (due to lack of resources/access and over-policing) sucks. Yet, this chalked slogan was a simplification (or even armchair activist representation) of that reality and this made me chuckle.

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#classwar #greed #australiabrand

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Lara Fielding

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2021-09-08
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