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Social democracy does not represent an ideal future it does not even represent the ideal past.
Tony Judt
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Tony Judt
Age: 62 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 2
Died: 2010
Died: August 6
Essayist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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London
England
Tony Robert Judt
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