The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record! — James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record! — James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record! — James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record! — James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record! — James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
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The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record!

— James C. Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
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