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“Politicians often like to suggest that their policies come about through objective thinking, but if you look at British fascists, for example, what you see - what I see - is a group of people coming to the decisions they came to because something happened to them when they were nine-years-old, or because of some deep prejudice that formed in them subsequent to that.”

Quote by Ned Beauman

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Ned Beauman, born in 1985, is a talented British novelist known for his unique narrative style and profound insights into social issues. more

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