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... intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar argu- ments to the effect that democracy is " just the same as " or " just as bad as ...
... intelligentsia have only accepted it in theory . An illusion can become a half - truth , a mask can alter the expression of a face . The familiar argu- ments to the effect that democracy is " just the same as " or " just as bad as ...
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... intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , sapping away at middle - class morale , but still keeping their favoured position as hangers - on of the dividend - drawers . Labour Party politics had become a variant ...
... intelligentsia wanted to go on and on , sniggering at the Blimps , sapping away at middle - class morale , but still keeping their favoured position as hangers - on of the dividend - drawers . Labour Party politics had become a variant ...
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... intelligentsia is likely enough . There are premonitory signs of it already . Hitler's positive achievement appeals to the emptiness of these people , and , in the case of those with pacifist lean- ings , to their masochism . One knows ...
... intelligentsia is likely enough . There are premonitory signs of it already . Hitler's positive achievement appeals to the emptiness of these people , and , in the case of those with pacifist lean- ings , to their masochism . One knows ...
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