Danielle Bean

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There were thousands of Kantoreks who were all convinced that they were doing what was best in whatever way was convenient for them. But that’s precisely where their bankruptcy lies, in our view. For us eighteen-year-olds, those people were supposed to serve as mediators and guides to the world of adulthood, to the world of work, duty, culture, and progress, to the future. Sure, we sometimes mocked them and played little tricks on them, but fundamentally we believed them. In our minds, the concept of authority that they represented was associated with greater insight and more humane forms of ...more
All Quiet on the Western Front
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