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> [The major force in world history is sheer dumbness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-wolf/the-major-force-in-world-history-is-sheer-dumbness/)

Eric Wolf

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## More by Eric Wolf

> [The major force in world history is sheer dumbness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-wolf/the-major-force-in-world-history-is-sheer-dumbness/)

Eric Wolf

> [In essence, the Mexica remained little more than a band of pirates, sallying forth from their great city to loot and plunder and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-wolf/in-essence-the-mexica-remained-little-more-than-a-band-of-pirates/)

Eric Wolf

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