"The chief advantage that would result from the establishment of Socialism is, undoubtedly, the fact that Socialism would relieve us from that sordid necessity of living for others which, in the present condition of things, presses so hardly upon almost everybody. In fact, scarcely any one at all escapes."
Oscar Wilde

January 1, 1970

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German: "Der größte Nutzen der Einführung des Sozialismus läge ohne Zweifel darin, uns von der schmutzigen Notwendigkeit zu befreien, für andere zu leben, die momentan so schwer auf fast allen lastet."

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