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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
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8 Apr. 2026 -
One does detect in Iran hawks a kind of 'will to destruction' and hatred of boring, civilized diplomacy.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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But like any socialized behavior, this mindset can be unlearned.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Semicivilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semicivilized. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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