The bourgeois ... is tolerant. His love for people as they are stems from his hatred of what they might be. — Theodor Adorno
The bourgeois ... is tolerant. His love for people as they are stems from his hatred of what they might be.
Der Bürger aber ist tolerant. Seine Liebe zu den Leuten, wie sie sind, entspringt dem Haß gegen den richtigen Menschen.
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