and that's spreading. This prosperity preaching is going on in Africa. And my question is, where does that leave suffering?

这种劲头越来越大，这种追求繁荣的论调,甚至在非洲都出现了，我想问的是，在这样的大背景下，受苦还能存在么？

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Against the backdrop of Marx's thought pervading - not just Russian life but beginning to pervade Russian government-- against this backdrop, the idea of struggle, as in class struggle, is going to predominate.

马克思的思想不但席卷,俄国普通百姓的生活，并且开始影响俄国政府-,在这样的背景下，人们认为阶级斗争是历史发展的主要推动力。

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