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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Why all of a sudden does bourgeois society promise something it cannot accomplish, which...

Why all of a sudden does bourgeois society promise something it cannot accomplish, which is the idea that all can participate in political activity?

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Why all of a sudden
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does bourgeois society promise something it cannot accomplish,
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which is the idea that all can participate
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in political activity?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
02:36:12
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
This is the lie that modern society has. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is the lie that modern society has.
It's not that there's this class conflict, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's not that there's this class conflict,
The problem is that what you want isn't possible. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The problem is that what you want isn't possible.
The idea of a free society is a failure. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
The idea of a free society is a failure.
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
He writes this book called Slaves Without Masters,
Slaves Without Masters is the idea - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Slaves Without Masters is the idea
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no masters. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no...
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue,
The problem of capital and labor in America - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
The problem of capital and labor in America
Richard Hofstadter, one of the famous American historians, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Richard Hofstadter, one of the famous American historians,
He puts "Fitzhugh, the marks of the planter class." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
He puts "Fitzhugh, the marks of the planter...
You have a critique of this supposedly free society, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You have a critique of this supposedly free society,
One, that as Marx says, "The working people knew," - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
One, that as Marx says, "The working people knew,"
This is in the address that Marx writes to Lincoln. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is in the address that Marx writes to Lincoln.
On behalf of the International Workingmen's Association, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
On behalf of the International Workingmen's...
And he says, "The workingmen knew, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:38
And he says, "The workingmen knew,
Because the workers' revolution, insofar as Marx was concerned, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Because the workers' revolution, insofar as Marx was...
So in this sense, what we have - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So in this sense, what we have
If one end is Karl Marx - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
If one end is Karl Marx