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 The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
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And bourgeois must seek the stupidity of aristocrats,eh?
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Democracy failed at this dream...
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Said with tongue in cheek, no doubt!
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Whether too high or too stupid that goal remained to be reached... Though in the fight - ignorance vs stupidity, I am on the side of the latter.
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Hilarious! I need to start reading more French writing. Flaubert, Balzac, Montaigne, Proust...they've all been on my back-burner for years. Loved Camus and Voltaire!
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CheVegas ✈ wrote:Hilarious! I need to start reading more French writing. Flaubert, Balzac, Montaigne, Proust...they've all been on my back-burner for years. Loved Camus and Voltaire! I didn't care for Madame Bovary, stupid woman, almost as stupid as Anna Karenina. As for Proust - kill me!
I loved Camus & Voltaire too (& Dumas, Hugo & Rabelais). I've got so many books on the back-burner as well.
I do love this quote from Flaubert.
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Yes, that is the dream.
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Explain it to me please, someone, I'm not actually in good terms with the terms used in this quote:)
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upper class has their own perception on democracy than the masses
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very right he is.
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I see no end to classism, unfortunately.
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With out a doubt, this is probably one of the truly best comments that, " hits the nail squarely upon its head....."
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Gary98 wrote:Yes, that is the dream. you look fat
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[quote=Daemon] The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)[/ That's one way to promote equality among the voter base and expand it at the same time.
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