Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defence of the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over ...
... majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defence of the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over ...
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... majority of modern men and women would reject it. This is an assumption based on plenty of everyday groundlevel evidence. We have all experienced and benefited from what might best be described as common decency, which is widespread ...
... majority of modern men and women would reject it. This is an assumption based on plenty of everyday groundlevel evidence. We have all experienced and benefited from what might best be described as common decency, which is widespread ...
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... majority, who only stood to lose from war? He noted that leaders had control of means of mass persuasion, the schools, the media, and even the Church. But how, even so, had they succeeded in controlling the masses, and persuading them ...
... majority, who only stood to lose from war? He noted that leaders had control of means of mass persuasion, the schools, the media, and even the Church. But how, even so, had they succeeded in controlling the masses, and persuading them ...
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... majority, who have to pay the full price, international conflicts might at once be relegated to history. If this analysis is sound, then widespread improvements in democracy, resulting in reduced power of leaders and correspondingly ...
... majority, who have to pay the full price, international conflicts might at once be relegated to history. If this analysis is sound, then widespread improvements in democracy, resulting in reduced power of leaders and correspondingly ...
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... majority of mankind appreciates and prefers peace, permanent accord, i.e., a permanently peaceful world, is surely possible, given appropriate conditions. The present aim is to put forward suggestions as to why the ground for peace is ...
... majority of mankind appreciates and prefers peace, permanent accord, i.e., a permanently peaceful world, is surely possible, given appropriate conditions. The present aim is to put forward suggestions as to why the ground for peace is ...
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