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While I agree with his general premise, we are witnessing an age where capital is entirely capable of absorbing, even co-opting, its own critique. In the US, hegemony smugly praises itself as "welcoming" dissent and diversity of opinion, all while subsuming any radical gesture into the spectacle. Just ask any dedicated radical (from any political ideology) who's ever worked "behind the scenes" to organize anything, from SDS to OWS to the Tea Party movement: there's a reason the people in the stupid hats and face makeup, at whatever rally, sit-in, or protest we're talking about, are the first to be approached, interviewed, featured, etc.