"Nationalism was so perfectly suited to its double task, the domestication of workers and the despoliation of aliens, that it appealed to everyone - everyone, that is, who wielded or aspired to wield a portion of capital."
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Fredy Perlman, "The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism" (1984)
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