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A conceptual, intangible, idealogical foe is a necessary evil in the modern age for most governments where the majority of ordinary people balk at the concept of conscription, rationing or death on an industrial scale and where the motivations of national pride and victory can stimulate a flagging economy.

Lloyd Hobbard-Mitchell

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