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John Dewey: “Whatever is a barrier to the spread of the consequences of associated behavior by that very fact operates to set up…”

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Whatever is a barrier to the spread of the consequences of associated behavior by that very fact operates to set up political boundaries.
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John Dewey

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Dewey discusses how barriers to shared behaviors create political boundaries.

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