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The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon: On Violence and Spontaneity

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The Devil Made Me Do It

To transform the criminal mentality into a revolutionary mentality is to destroy within the minds of the people the sense of awe in which they hold the oppressive state. We know George today as a revolutionary because he educated himself and then went on to change existing circumstances. If we don't move beyond an explanation of objective socio-economic conditions, what we will end up doing is condoning those relations in practice if not in words. You will end up accepting the ideology behind those relations as well.

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