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I think, in order to really assess the impact of 'comsumption,' there needs to be an allowance for the amount of 'consumption' that is done by the wealthy for them in the form of employment 'perks' and 'benefits' that the poor do not have privy to. This is not an unsubstantial number.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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