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There is a dark side to the human character

There is a dark side to the human character

November 12, 2016 Nate

“There is a dark side to the human character. After people have enough to eat and a roof over their heads, they care more about their relative wealth than their absolute wealth; they care more about their status than their soul.”

Empire of Debt, P. 265


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