The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes…

Leon Trotsky
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The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion. ✨ Leon Trotsky, Joseph Hansen, George Edward Novack, James Burnham (1965). In Defense of Marxism: Against the Petty-bourgeois Opposition
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The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion. ✨ Leon Trotsky, Joseph Hansen, George Edward Novack, James Burnham (1965). In Defense of Marxism: Against the Petty-bourgeois Opposition

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