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Hortensis

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26. Yes. New patterns of extreme economic inequity and oppression

Fri May 8, 2020, 08:27 AM

May 2020

arising from the spread of industrialization were creating civil unrest, and dangerous reactions of left and right-wing extremism and destructive populism were attempting takeovers in many nations. The Russian Revolution had just taken place, and that vast stretch of Eurasia was in chaos with millions of deaths, and similar violent overthrows were being attempted in other parts of Europe.

Spiritus mundi.

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75 years ago today we were celebrating defeating the Nazis... [View all] Soph0571 May 2020 OP

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