The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of commun…

Wendell Berry
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The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life. ✨ Wendell Berry (2003). The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry, p.59, Counterpoint
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