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strong middle class creates the best average conditions for civilization
The middle class is where civilization happens. Not because middle-class people are saints, and not because rich people are all stupid or poor people are all broken, but because the middle is where human beings are most likely to stay proportionate. You have enough stability to think beyond survival, but not so much excess that…
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Creators, Be Aware
Artist, painter, musician… Your job is not only to create but also to suffer, to gain a perspective from all angles of existence, to tell the truths of life. A glamorous creator evokes a feeling of deep repugnance… as much as any money-grubbing idiot does; what can they truly tell the world, what benefits can…