Transference makes it possible for the intellectual to be much more nationalistic--more vulgar, more silly, more malignant, more dishonest--than he could ever be on behalf of his native country, or any unit of which he had real knowledge. #GeorgeOrwell

- September 16, 2025

Transference makes it possible for the intellectual to be much more nationalistic--more vulgar, more silly, more malignant, more dishonest--than he could ever be on behalf of his native country, or any unit of which he had real knowledge. #GeorgeOrwell
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Transference makes it possible for the intellectual to be much more nationalistic--more vulgar, more silly, more malignant, more dishonest--than he could ever be on behalf of his native country, or any unit of which he had real knowledge. #GeorgeOrwell

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