The father of liberalism, English philosopher John Locke once said, “We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the colour of our moral character, from those who are around us”.
Locke is among the most important political philosophers of the modern era. His insight into the thorny issue of influence remains as important today as it was during his lifetime.
Influence and interference have been core principles of the communist movement since inception.
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