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The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others
The point is, there is no feasible excuse for what are, for what we have made of ourselves. We have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality, dividends before decency, fanaticism before fairness, and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
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- Iain Banks
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- Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Iain Banks: documented activity in 1984. Wikidata Q312579, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312579 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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