Veblen vs. The Swans: Violence and the Visage of the Leisure Class (The Introduction)

Prompt No. 23: Alliteration, Vomitous Flowers, and Hermes Catching Strays

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Let’s cut to the chase. I believe I can breakdown Thorstein Veblen’s incredibly dense “Theory of the Leisure Class” through FX’s limited series Capote vs. The…