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Drawn from what Randolph Bourne said
war Armed conflict and preparing for it: military spending, alliances, and what changes when machines are in the loop.
democracy Elections, the losers accepting them, and the rules that keep power answerable to voters.
The prolongation of the war delays democracy in Germany by convincing the German people that they are fighting for their very existence and thereby forcing them to cling even more desperately to their military leaders.
Where this was said
↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org
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