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But I did notice that those who do think they’ve got a critique of capitalism turn out to be reactionaries. They prefer feudalism or agrarianism; they’re pre-capitalists. Marxism at least has a theory of development and innovation. And global capitalism now seems to be the only thing that is revolutionary. That’s my Marxist way of looking at it.

— Christopher Hitchens, Cover story: 'Christopher Hitchens' by Alexander Linklater | Prospect Magazine May 2008 issue 146

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“Their cause has been compromised and cheapened,” he says. “I’m still with them. But the Palestinians used to produce democrats and campaigning journalists, people in the Bahrain parliament calling for women’s rights. No more. They’ve lent themselves to Hamas and Syria and Hizbullah, and identified themselves with the most rotten dictatorships in the region.”

— Christopher Hitchens (on Palestine), Cover story: 'Christopher Hitchens' by Alexander Linklater | Prospect Magazine May 2008 issue 146

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