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What were August Strindberg's politics?
August Strindberg was a far-left writer. He was a socialist
What role did politics play in August Strindberg's life?
August Strindberg liked to scorn his political enemies with manifestos that he wrote.

Question: Did he achieve his goal?
Self-contained rewrite: Did August Strindberg achieve his goal of scorning his political enemies?