It is natural for a liberal to speak of “democracy” in general; but a Marxist will never forget to ask: “for what class?”
—V. I. U.
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51
It is natural for a liberal to speak of “democracy” in general; but a Marxist will never forget to ask: “for what class?”
—V. I. U.
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