There is no such thing as the universal ‘Man' never has been, never will be, there is the worker and there is the one who exploits the worker and those who abet him. (Elfriede Jelinek)

There is no such thing as the universal ‘Man' never has been, never will be, there is the worker and there is the one who exploits the worker and those who abet him.

Elfriede Jelinek

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