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“At once, every one began asking me questions about America: was it true that people in a free country sold their votes for money? If so, how did they get what they wanted? …. Was it true that in a free country a little group of people could control a whole city, and exploit it for their personal benefit? Why did people stand for it? Even under the Tsar such things could not happen in Russia”
— John Reed, Ten Days That Shook The World (1919)
#books #bookstodon #history
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