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A culture that feared death and adored power

Original: We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and care

A widely shared reflection argues that future generations will judge today's society as one that feared death and adored power, secured comfort for the few while ignoring the poverty of the many, and rewarded the accumulation of possessions while staying silent on deeper questions. Readers are passing the passage around as a pointed critique of materialism and inequality in modern Western culture.

Why now: The bleak moral indictment of consumerism and inequality resonates with current anxieties about wealth concentration and social neglect.

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• We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the… · altlife@me.dm · 9

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