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Unfreedom means to him a denial of his experience, a refusal on the part of organized society to satisfy what he cannot help taking to be the lesson of his life.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Unfreedom means to him a denial of his experience, a refusal on the part of organized society to satisfy what he cannot…”
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In this quote, Laski defines unfreedom as a denial of personal experience and societal failure to acknowledge individual lessons.
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