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We... have created a greater material wealth than any other society in the history of the human race. Yet we have managed to kill off millions of our population in an arrangement which we call "war.
We... have created a greater material wealth than any other society in the history of the human race. Yet we have managed to kill off millions of our population in an arrangement which we call "war.
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- Erich Fromm
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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