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The few remaining communist governments, such as North Korea and Cuba, were no longer portrayed as instruments of Moscow, but as evils in their own right.

— Michael Parenti Against Empire (1995)

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How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained.

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Through all this, one seldom actually hears from the “politically correct” people who supposedly dominate the universe of discourse.

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For all their faults and shortcomings, the people are all we have.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

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