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Robert R. Raymond

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the first quote can be used to imply that progress happens naturally—that it's inevitable. it rules out the need for individual agency and class struggle. the second quote puts you right in the center. it's understandable that our rulers did not want to underscore that part

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our liberal rulers will roll their eyes and mock Marx's teachings on historical materialism as being mechanically deterministic, and then turn around and repeat this quote from behind a lectern to a crowd of thousands

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