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“The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which promise much but deliver little. The central doctrine of Neo-Conservatism is "democratic capitalism." This is the ultimate oxymoron, because in practice the political pluralism that should underlie democracy cannot exist in a climate of economic plutocracy.”

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Robert Dickson Crane
Robert Dickson Crane

Robert Dickson Crane, a figure of unknown profession, was born on March 26, 1929. more

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