Texas as a mirror of the world: A cultural reflection on the Lone Star State
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A philosophical and cultural analysis of Texas, arguing that the state's stereotypes (self-sufficiency, provincialism) are actually reflections of global phenomena. The piece suggests that everything happening in Texas—from violence against migrants to extractivism—mirrors the wider world, and vice versa.
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bskyTexas as a mirror of the world: A cultural reflection on the Lone Star Statestore.thebaffler.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledDoth the Lone Star State protest too much?
There might not be much daylight between the Texan ideal of self-sufficiency and the cliché held by outsiders that the once independent republic is provincial and inward-looking.
Violence against migrants, cattle fetishism, extractivism of both the hydrocarbon and digital varieties—everything that happens in Texas is a reflection of the whole world, which of course means that everything happening across the globe is reflected by something within state lines.
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