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Maajid Nawaz

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We are all naturally xenophobic.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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Ironically jogging pants are mostly worn by the laziest people.
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This is the underside of globalization.
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Globalization is a fact of economic life.
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Globalization is a form of artificial intelligence.
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…products of soulless machines and relentless globalization…
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It's globalization on the midway.
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We are still enjoying the benefits of 2002.
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