What do I make of it?
It tells me that rampant (wanton) neoliberalism can lead to plutocracies. Is this indicative of a shrinking public sphere? I don't know. You cannot marginalize the poor indefinitely. Perhaps you can reclass them as a kind of neo-villein via crushing debt obligations--make their cost of living higher than they can afford, thereby turning them into subjects of the wealthy classes.
It sounds profitable. Wait a minute: Are we there yet?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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