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The Typical Citizen Drops Down To A Lower Level Of Mental Performance As Soon As He Enters The Political Field. He Argues And Analyzes In A Way Which He Would Readily Recognize As Infantile Within The Sphere Of His Real Interests. He Becomes Primitive Again.

-Joseph A. Schumpeter

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Joseph A. Schumpeter

The Typical Citizen Drops Down To A Lower Level Of Mental Performance As Soon As He Enters The Political Field. He Argues And Analyzes In A Way Which He Would Readily Recognize As Infantile Within The Sphere Of His Real Interests. He Becomes Primitive Again.

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