The question of whether one alleges the Superiority or Inferiority of …

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The question of whether one alleges the Superiority or Inferiority of any given race is irrelevant; racism has only one psychological root: the racist's sense of his own Inferiority. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, p.149, Penguin
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The question of whether one alleges the Superiority or Inferiority of any given race is irrelevant; racism has only one psychological root: the racist's sense of his own Inferiority. ✨ Ayn Rand (1999). The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, p.149, Penguin

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