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Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire
“the question to ask, in other, is not "What is the multitude?" but rather "What can the multitude become?" … common condition, of course, does not mean sameness or unity, but it does require that no differences of nature or kind divide the multitude.”
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Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire
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