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Old 04-28-2020, 09:35 PM   #20861 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
these are always systems where a small minority of selfish individuals exploit the rest of the population

but anyway, we cant assume that the structures of society are natural

in fact, it often seems like society is structured in such a way that would repress elements of our nature (if we assume such a thing exists in any absolute)
Bitch that **** doesn't exist without massive bureaucracies of complicit people who can't even be described as dupes, and massive populations who support the empire because they think it's not only in their best interest but moral and good for their country to own everything. The small minority might benefit the most, but the majority allows for it and cheerleads it.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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