To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Thi…

Margaret Thatcher
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To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Third World it is to the extent that the West created Marx and his successors, among whom must be numbered many of those who advised the Third World leaders in post-war years.
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