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Utopianism as a form of narcissism

Utopianism as a form of narcissism

The vanity of calling for a better world

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James Harris
Feb 24, 2022
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Student protests in Paris, 1968. Banner: ‘Workers and students, together we’ll win’

When you’re growing up, it’s easy to think that a better world is only being kept out of reach by the old. Hence for many young people the attraction of the radical left, as the tendency that calls most explicitly for a changing of the guard, and the place where people st…

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