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Georges Bataille - The sovereign being is burdened...
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. (Georges Bataille)

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

Georges Bataille

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