John Jeremiah Sullivan - Going to any place that you view as more politically oppressed than your ow...

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Going to any place that you view as more politically oppressed than your own country, there's a weird tendency to assume that the whole existence is determined minute by minute by the political reality, but of course, that's not the case for any of us.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

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Wenn Sie sich an einen Ort begeben, den Sie als politisch unterdrückter ansehen als Ihr eigenes Land, gibt es eine seltsame Tendenz, anzunehmen, dass die gesamte Existenz von Minute zu Minute von der politischen Realität bestimmt wird.

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