What Randolph Bourne thinks about politics

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American essayist (1886 to 1918); author of War and the Intellectuals.

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1 dated position, 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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1. c. 1917–1918

   Our readingIf Germans cannot reorganize their own politics, no outside power can do it for them

   government

   Their wordsIf the German people cannot effect their own political reorganization, nobody can do it for them. They would continue to prefer the native Hohenzollerns to the most liberal government imposed by their conquering enemies.

   ↗Untimely Papers (essays of 1917-1918, published 1919)gutenberg.org All 21 from this book