We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket.

Frank Sobotka

The Wire

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Deindustrialization American decline Decline

Speaker

Frank Sobotka

Actor

Chris Bauer

Source

The Wire

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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"Bad Dreams." The Wire, written by David Simon and George Pelecanos and Joy Kecken, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, season 2, episode 11, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2003.

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