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Desire and Fate

Desire and Fate

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Feb 27, 2023
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The disclosure that the works of the celebrated children’s book writer Roald Dahl, of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Witches fame, have been systematically purged of language that could be deemed offensive to the sensibilities of the enlightened bourgeoise of the Anglosphere, probably should have come as no surprise. * Ours is not o…

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