There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fuele…

Edward Abbey
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed. ✨ A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal. Book by Edward Abbey (Chapter 11 Money Et Cetera, p. 100), 1989.
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed. ✨ A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal. Book by Edward Abbey (Chapter 11 Money Et Cetera, p. 100), 1989.

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