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Dwight MacDonald

Can one imagine that The Bomb could ever be used “in a good cause”?

Can one imagine that The Bomb could ever be used “in a good cause”? Do not such means instantly, of themselves, corrupt any cause? The bomb is the natural product of the kind of society we have created. It is as easy, normal, and unforced an expression of the American way of Life as electric ice-boxes, banana splits, and hydro-matic drive automobiles.

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Dwight MacDonald

By ‘socialism’ I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared

By ‘socialism’ I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared, production is cooperative, and no man has political or economic power over another. The touchstone would be the extent to which each individual could develop his own talents and personality.

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Dwight MacDonald

Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity

Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called “non-violent resistance”.

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Dwight MacDonald

Doris Day is as wholesome as a bowl of cornflakes and at least as sexy.

Doris Day is as wholesome as a bowl of cornflakes and at least as sexy.