Word: egalitarian
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...coverage in a major newspaper, but true Bostonians would never doubt the relevance of the Herald’s lurid press account. The Tom Brady ball cap controversy only underscores the importance of the Red Sox in local culture—a team beloved by New Englanders for the egalitarian, working class values it embodies...
...have channeled years of hard work and discipline into the ability to be dominant in a sport we loved to play as children. This also reflects our city’s patriotic origins. As we rebelled against the aristocratic British imperial system in favor of a more egalitarian government years ago, so too do we rally around a rag-tag band of brothers that play a democratic game accessible to all. While only the fortunate few can ever hope to live the Paris Hilton lifestyle, we can all pursue happiness on the baseball diamond—no trust fund...
...nothing unites Sox fans more than our hatred of the New York Yankees. We view Red Sox-Yankees matchups as battles between Boston’s working class, egalitarian values and New York’s brash, money- and power-crazed culture. We loathe Yankees owner George Steinbrenner’s endless spending to concoct an army of clean-cut automatons. We are also disturbed by his dictatorial management style and megalomaniacal personality. In fits of rage, Steinbrenner will publicly denounce underperforming players and regularly purges his team of these traitors...
...anyone can do it”—by explaining its central themes in terms of contemporary society. Rather than limiting art to the elite, Proctor says, Fluxus aims to renegotiate the position of art in the social structure. “[Fluxus] is really a kind of egalitarian move, where there is the sense that art should not be something that is made by a few, and only accessible to a few,” he says. “The idea in many cases with Fluxus is to sort of rescue experience and reclaim that kind...
...Second Life’s problems involve the foundations of capitalism—economic success and self-interest—it is not capitalism that is the problem in Second Life. In fact, as a reflection of the real world, it is good that Second Life is not an egalitarian utopia to which few could actually relate and from which even fewer could learn...