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Jun 15, 2016
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Leftists lose. This is what it means to be a leftist. If you’re winning more than you’re losing, it means that you aren’t really challenging power. As I.F. Stone put it, “The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do win…

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