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The carrying power of a bridge is not the average strength of the pillars, but the strength of the weakest pillar. I have always believed that you do not measure the health of a society by GNP but by the condition of its worst off.

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Zygmunt Bauman

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In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating.

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The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

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July 7, 2024

The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.

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July 7, 2024

In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating.

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