“One cannot say that the petty bourgeois has never read anything. On the contrary, he has read everything, devoured everything. Only, his brain functions after the fashion of certain elementary types of digestive systems. It filters. And the filter lets through only what can nourish the thick skin of the bourgeois' clear conscience.” ColonialismBourgeoisBourgeoisie Book:Discourse on Colonialism Source: Discourse on Colonialism