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... mass movement : if there are sudden bloody events , it will be through counter - revolution when the ex- propriators refuse to be expropriated . This was in fact a characteristic argument of English left - wing socialists . ' Re ...
... mass movement : if there are sudden bloody events , it will be through counter - revolution when the ex- propriators refuse to be expropriated . This was in fact a characteristic argument of English left - wing socialists . ' Re ...
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... mass media which reach ' the people ' , indeed , but which can only think short - term , and trivialize , sensationalize and entertain , con- sciously or unconsciously working against political under- standing , against the development ...
... mass media which reach ' the people ' , indeed , but which can only think short - term , and trivialize , sensationalize and entertain , con- sciously or unconsciously working against political under- standing , against the development ...
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... mass of the people . It tolerated slums , unemployment and a cowardly foreign policy . Yes , but so did public opinion . It was a stagnant period , and its natural leaders were medio- crities . In spite of the campaigns of a few ...
... mass of the people . It tolerated slums , unemployment and a cowardly foreign policy . Yes , but so did public opinion . It was a stagnant period , and its natural leaders were medio- crities . In spite of the campaigns of a few ...
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