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The businessmen who helped Hitler into power naïvely believed that they were only supporting a dictator, and one of their own making, who would naturally rule to the advantage of their own class and the disadvantage of all others.
“Especially troubling for me is the research that finds that liberal communities actually engage in higher rates of exclusionary zoning than conservative ones.”
― Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See
― Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See
“They build their monuments as if their intent was never to finish them,” the Spanish academic Polo de Ondegardo marveled in 1571.”
― 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
― 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
“It was so cold inside the tent that for the first few minutes the audience was shrouded in a cloud of its own breath.”
― 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
― 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
“Things which ought to be taken for granted lose their force when they emerge in the form of arbitrary pronouncements….”
― Diplomacy
― Diplomacy
“The businessmen who helped Hitler into power naïvely believed that they were only supporting a dictator, and one of their own making, who would naturally rule to the advantage of their own class and the disadvantage of all others.”
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
― The Origins of Totalitarianism
Jason’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jason’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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999 books
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2,436 books
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