Modern equalitarian societies, whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness thus becomes the chief political issue -- in a sense, the only political issue -- and for that reason it can never be treated as an issue at all. - Robert Warshow

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Robert Warshow: "Modern equalitarian societies, whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness thus becomes the chief political issue -- in a sense, the only political issue -- and for that reason it can never be treated as an issue at all."

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Authoritarian	Base	Becomes	Chief
Claim	Democratic	Equalitarian	Forms
Happier	Happiness	Issue	Life
Making	Modern	Political	Reason
Sense	Societies	Themselves	Thus
Treated	Whether

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