Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has… - Randal Marlin

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Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions.

Randal Marlin

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Randal Marlin (born 1938) is an American-born Canadian philosophy professor at Carleton University in Ottawa who specializes in the study of propaganda.

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