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“Humanity as such and as a whole has no enemies. Everyone belongs to humanity . . . "Humanity" thus becomes an asymmetrical counter-concept. If he discriminates within humanity and thereby denies the quality of being human to a disturber or destroyer, then the negatively valued person becomes an unperson, and his life is no longer of the highest value: it becomes worthless and must be destroyed. Concepts such as "human being" thus contain the possibility of the deepest inequality and become thereby "asymmetrical.”
― The Concept of the Political
― The Concept of the Political
“At the Concours d’Elegance, the annual auto show and zillionaire fest at Pebble Beach, I introduce myself to a woman in her early fifties whom I’ll call Sally.”
― Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
― Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
“. . .(W)e are Canadians and not Americans because of a foolish war that scarcely anyone wanted or needed, but which, once launched, no one knew how to stop.”
― The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813
― The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813
“Sociologist Rachel Sherman, who wrote a book called Uneasy Street about the anxieties of wealthy Manhattanites, had one woman nearly cancel their interview because Sherman used the word “affluent” in an outreach email.”
― Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
― Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
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This is a group that discusses Southern authors and literature. We as a group have people who come together and talk about the great southern books we ...more
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