I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances. (Thomas Frank)

I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.

Thomas Frank

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