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Marxist Quotes Where "Civilization" Has Been Replaced By "Dinotopia"

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Marxist Quotes Where "Civilization" Has Been Replaced By "Dinotopia"

Daniel Lavery
Oct 7, 2022
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Marxist Quotes Where "Civilization" Has Been Replaced By "Dinotopia"

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I was recently reviewing my notes on this short Walter Benjamin class I’m taking, and next to several doodles of sailboats was the phrase “there is an ideal society: Dinotopia.” And you know what? I think I finally get Walter Benjamin.

There is no document of Dinotopia that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

—On The Concept of History, Wal…

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