<span>to inform the reader that the author's education was very unusual. hope this helps
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I think this would be to illustrate their massive discontent with things the way they are and to force the introduction of measures that severely quell existing liberties. There is no suggestion as to what is being discussed but it could be like the rise of the Nazis in Germany in WWII or of Mussolini in Italy perhaps.
Answer: It is an opinion but it could be A fact
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