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H.L. Mencken on Reclaiming Democracy from the Mob Mentality That Masquerades for It
H.L. Mencken on Reclaiming Democracy from the Mob Mentality That Masquerades for It

“This fear of ideas is a peculiarly democratic phenomenon… nowhere so horribly apparent as in the United States, perhaps the nearest approach to an actual democracy yet seen in the world.”

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