Does "not governments but the economic and technological basis " mean....?
Does "not governments but the economic and technological basis" mean "not only governments but also the economic and technological basis"?
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4. (fr) We therefore advocate a revolution against the industrial system. This revolution may or may not make use of violence; it may be sudden or it may be a relatively gradual process spanning a few decades. We can’t predict any of that. But we do outline in a very general way the measures that those who hate the industrial system should take in order to prepare the way for a revolution against that form of society. This is not to be a POLITICAL revo- lution. Its object will be to overthrow not governments but the economic and technological basis of the present society.
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NL888 But we do outline in a very general way the measures that those who hate the industrial system shouldtake in order to prepare the way for a revolution against that form of society. This is not to be a POLITICAL revo-lution. Its object will be to overthrow not governments but the economic and technological basis of the presentsociety.
— Fivejedjon
NL888 But we do outline in a very general way the measures that those who hate the industrial system shouldtake in order to prepare the way for a revolution against that form of society.
This is not to be a POLITICAL revo-lution.
Its object will be to overthrow not governments but the economic and technological basis of the presentsociety.
No.
The object will be to overthrow the economic and technological basis of the present society, not to overthrow governments.
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NL888But we do outline in a very general way the measures that those who hate the industrial system shouldtake in order to prepare the way for a revolution against that form of society. This is not to be a POLITICAL revo-lution. Its object will be to overthrow not governments but the economic and technological basis of the presentsociety.