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In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of… — Ivan Illich

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

Ivan Illich
1973
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Consumerism
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1973
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Ivan Illich
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Illich, Ivan. Tools for Conviviality. Harper & Row, 1973, ch. 3.

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