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The era of “politics first” is getting farther and farther away from us. Politics seems to be drifting away from people’s attention, and very few would like to return to the time when politics overwhelmed everything. However, attempting to breakaway from politics or ignoring or despising politics can be another kind of distortion. No matter whether people are aware of it or no matter whether people like it, politics plays a decisive part in their social life.
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Sun, W., Zhang, M. (2015). “Human Beings Are Born Political Animals”: Official Rank Orientation, Power Control, and Political Democratization. In: The “New Culture”. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48011-3_3
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