We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance. (Hannah Arendt)

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

Hannah Arendt

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