Harold J. Laski: “Men do not, I believe, resent an environment when they feel that they…”

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Men do not, I believe, resent an environment when they feel that they share adequately in its making and in the end for which it is made.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that people are more likely to accept their environment when they feel involved in its creation.

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