Abstraction Quote by Aime Cesaire

“Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions.” quote by Aime Cesaire — Download Open image

“Communism has served us ill in having us swap a living brotherhood for what looks to have the features of the coldest of all chill abstractions.”

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