In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. (Raoul Vaneigem)

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

Raoul Vaneigem

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