Leon Trotsky - Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain...

Leon Trotsky Zitate

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.

Leon Trotsky

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Mann soll sich - im Unterschied zu anderen - auf zwei Rädern mit Kette befinden - zumindest in einem armen Land wie Russland - und seine Eitelkeit schwillt an wie seine Reifen. In Amerika braucht man ein Auto, um diesen Effekt zu erzeugen.

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