"When you live in a capitalistic society, the currency of the dissemination of information goes through capitalistic channels. Would Noam Chomsky object to his works being sold at Barnes and Noble? No, because that's where people buy their books. We're not interested in preaching to just the converted. It's great to play abandoned squats run by anarchists but it's also great to be able to reach people with a revolutionary message, people from Granada Hills to Stuttgart."
Is a quote from Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who's justifying the band's use of capitalist media to promote their anarchic music. It's half fifth column and half realism. Personally, I'm a fan of capitalism, but that's a topic for another more cerebral discussion.
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