There is a social analysis that he begins to be able to advance partly due to his reading in Marxism, in sociology.

有种观点说是理查,受到马克思主义的社会学的影响开始进步。

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The doctrine of progress I'm simply saying has always bred its contradictions.

我只是想说,进步主义,总是会带来负面的影响

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