On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatn…

Karl Marx
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On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects. ✨ Das Kapital vol. 1, ch. 16 (1867) (translation by Ben Fowkes)
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On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects. ✨ Das Kapital vol. 1, ch. 16 (1867) (translation by Ben Fowkes)

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