Word: corruptedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Marxist ideologists argued that dating was a superficial activity that obscured the true essence ("species-being") of humanity. They contended that capitalists had corrupted dating to the point where the amount of money spent signified a person's romantic commitment.
Stefan Kanfer, a novelist (Fear Itself, The International Garage Sale) and TIME contributor, proves to be a robust and resourceful stand-up historian as he deftly tills familiar and unfamiliar ground: the first Jewish settlers who tried to farm the Catskills' stony soil; the hotel owners who hit pay dirt...
Both have been accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars and hiding their fortunes abroad while reducing their poverty-stricken peoples to even worse states of poverty. Both created secret police forces to do their bidding, and both suppressed opponents without mercy. Both seemed to acquire the final illusion...