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"Once the revolution of exploitation is under way, statesmanship and craftsmanship are gradually replaced by salesmanship. Its stock in trade in politics is to sell despotism and avarice as freedom and democracy.”
What year was this written?
— Jan 27, 2026 07:07AM
What year was this written?
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Adam Benckeser
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"The cult of the future has turned us all into prophets. The future is the time when science will have solved all our problems, gratified all our desires; ...when all the work will be done by machines so sophisticated that they will not only clothe, house, and feed us, but think for us, play our games, paint our pictures, write our poems."
My man knew how absolutely ****ed things were gonna be 50 years in advance
— Feb 02, 2026 02:12PM
My man knew how absolutely ****ed things were gonna be 50 years in advance
