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“So what’s wrong with capitalism?”
He sighs. For a minute I wonder if maybe he’s a capitalist. But then he says, “It’s not a fair system.”
“That’s stupid,” I say. “Things aren’t fair. Only little kids expect things to be fair.”

— Maureen F. McHugh Protection (1992)

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