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Ronald Wright
“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress

“Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.”
Tina Fey, Bossypants

George Orwell
“You're only a rebel from the waist downwards,’ he told her.”
George Orwell, 1984

Vladimir Lenin
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

76825 literature, music and an immense number of drugs — 26 members — last activity Jun 26, 2014 07:13PM
Everything included herein is strictly hypothetical conversation.
50180 No Quarter Leftism — 121 members — last activity Jan 14, 2022 11:00AM
Non-sectarian leftism. United Front in perspective, rather than Popular Front. Intended for anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists, trade unionists, left ex ...more
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This is a group meant for the discussion of atheism and skepticism and the books associated with both. Recommending books arguing for or against relig ...more
1194 Philosophy — 5752 members — last activity Nov 28, 2025 02:00PM
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