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Noam Chomsky Quotes: I don't encourage socialists or anarchists to accept falsehoods, in particular, to see revolutionary potential where there is none.
         

I don't encourage socialists or anarchists to accept falsehoods, in particular, to see revolutionary potential where there is none.


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