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For the Right, strikes are both devilish and pathetic, have both terrible and absolutely no effects.

For the Right, strikes are both devilish and pathetic, have both terrible and absolutely no effects.

Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern

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China Miéville
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Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1972; activity date not established; Wikidata Q319196, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319196 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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