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The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.

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If you don’t like what someone has to say, argue with them.
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I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.
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Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.
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The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
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Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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