The two great aims of industrialism — replacement of people by technol…

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The two great aims of industrialism — replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy — seem close to fulfillment. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture & Other Essays, p.22, Counterpoint Press
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The two great aims of industrialism — replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy — seem close to fulfillment. ✨ Wendell Berry (2012). It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture & Other Essays, p.22, Counterpoint Press

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