Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his — Carlos Fuentes, Myself with Others: Selected Essays
Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his — Carlos Fuentes, Myself with Others: Selected Essays
Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his — Carlos Fuentes, Myself with Others: Selected Essays
Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his — Carlos Fuentes, Myself with Others: Selected Essays
Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his — Carlos Fuentes, Myself with Others: Selected Essays
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Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through the work ethic, common sense, resilience, technology, and, if need be, racism and imperialism.

— Carlos Fuentes, Myself with Others: Selected Essays
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