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The by-line says: the imperiled psychoanalyst would have found himself living among the world’s foremost artists and intellectuals. And then mentions the hypo
by CryptoPunk 7y ago
The by-line says:
the imperiled psychoanalyst would have found himself living among the world’s foremost artists and intellectuals.
And then mentions the hypothetical meetings with Trotsky several times. I interpreted that as Trotsky being categorized as an intellectual.
- twic 7y agoI agree that it doesn't go out of its way to clarify that Trotsky is not amongst that set. But then why should it? If it had mentioned that Freud would have met El Santo, you wouldn't be raging about how it had failed to clarify that he wasn't an intellectual.
- CryptoPunk 7y agoIf it doesn't explicitly exclude Trotsky from the set, my interpretation is going to be that Trotsky is one of those intellectuals.