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

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


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



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