![For some reason which I have failed to understand, many people like the system [scientific totalitarianism] when it is Russian but disliked the very same system when it was German. I am compelled to think that this is due to the power of labels; these people like whatever is labelled ‘Left’ without examining whether the label has any justification.](/assets/img/quote-photos/for-some-reason-which-i-have-failed-to-understand-many-people-like-the-system-s.jpg)
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