And direct action is taken by many other interests than those which employ “direct action” as a slogan, often most energetically by intrenched class-interests which profess the greatest reverence for the established “law and order” of the existing state.
Dewey critiques the hypocrisy of entrenched interests that advocate for law and order while engaging in direct action themselves.
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