{"id":6359,"date":"2016-06-17T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T12:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/17\/of-socialism-violets-and-asphalt\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T12:36:02","slug":"of-socialism-violets-and-asphalt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/17\/of-socialism-violets-and-asphalt\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Socialism, Violets, and Asphalt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Albert Camus,<em> Notebooks 1951-1959<\/em>, tr. Ryan Bloom, Chicago: Ivan R. 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