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“The times were not static. Loss of confidence in the guarantors of order opened the way to demands for change, and miseria gave force to the impulse. The oppressed were no longer enduring but rebelling, although, like the bourgeois who tried to compel reform, were inadequate”
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I think there’s some overlap. Last month I wrote about how COVID19 was starting to sound like WWWI it’d be over by Xmas” so I started to read about that. Then I saw you mentioning some books so I queued them. I try to read most of the staff you recommend
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#Covid-19 is starting to rhyme with “it’d be over by Xmas” from WWI “After the enthusiasm came a wave of quietness because then the first death lists were published in the papers. It gave me a great shock to see that most of the officers were killed during the first weeks”
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