What Randolph Bourne thinks about democracy
American essayist (1886 to 1918); author of War and the Intellectuals.
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2 dated positions, c. 1917–1918, in their own words. Our reading of what Randolph Bourne has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingAn endless war for democracy would crush a nation's most precious thing, its youth's idealism
Their wordsIf the enterprise goes on endlessly, the work, so blithely undertaken for the defense of democracy, will have crushed out the only genuinely precious thing in a nation, the hope and ardent idealism of its youth.
↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org All 21 from this book
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Our readingProlonging the war delays German democracy by making Germans cling to their military leaders
Their wordsThe 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.
↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org All 21 from this book