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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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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.

  • 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.
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