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Issue 4: Responsibility

The Responsible Socialism of Adolph Germer
Germer believed that organizing strategy must be both ambitious and practical. He knew first hand how difficult it was to win and how devastating it…
 • Damage Magazine and Benjamin Y. Fong
Self-Catfishing with Steroids
Steroid use is up, especially among young people. The turning of the male gaze upon itself represents a radical form of alienation—and one with some…
 • Damage Magazine and Jason L Myles
It’s Our Fault
On MANGO’s, Coconuts, and the Responsibility of a Powerless Left.
 • Damage Magazine and Dustin "Dino" Guastella
The Crisis of Coercion
The crises of the twenty-first century demand conscious public control. But this power is conspicuously absent, on both right and left.
 • Damage Magazine and Anton Jager
Public Safety is a Social Good, and Simple Binaries Aren’t Helping Us Achieve It
The best means to mitigate the brutality of police and prisons in the United States is to achieve universal, social democratic reforms that would help…
 • Damage Magazine and Chantal Forrest
Fool Me Twice
The shamed retreat into themselves, but the guilty can take responsibility for their actions.
 • Damage Magazine and Taylor Hines
Ending the Spectacle of Infantilism
The youth mental health crisis speaks to the abnegation of responsibility among adults—liberals and leftists foremost. Unmediated expressions of…
 • Damage Magazine and Catherine Liu
Potholes
At the heart of an absurd and drawn-out spectacle consuming the Worcester, MA City Council is a depressing disregard for basic political responsibility.
 • Damage Magazine and Amber A'Lee Frost
Breaking News
It’s no secret that journalism is in tatters. In this situation, journalists have a responsibility to ignore the trappings of partisan praise and attack…
 • Damage Magazine and Dan Boguslaw
Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Grid?
Liberals and the Left tend to ignore the importance of a reliable electricity system, pushing visions of rooftop solar and 100% renewables out of line…
 • Damage Magazine, Matt Huber, and Fred Stafford
The Right to Make Promises
The editorial introduction for Damage Issue #4, “Responsibility”
 • Benjamin Y. Fong
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