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Page 152
... equally slow rate of consumption , with a system that matches its extraordinary output of energy and goods with equally rapid consumption and destruction : that indeed deliberately forces consumption or waste , through incessant ...
... equally slow rate of consumption , with a system that matches its extraordinary output of energy and goods with equally rapid consumption and destruction : that indeed deliberately forces consumption or waste , through incessant ...
Page 198
... equally static future in Heaven -a future not to be enjoyed by the whole community , since it also in- cluded for the wicked the possibility of an equally long but painful resi- dence in Hell . The notion of progress likewise had its ...
... equally static future in Heaven -a future not to be enjoyed by the whole community , since it also in- cluded for the wicked the possibility of an equally long but painful resi- dence in Hell . The notion of progress likewise had its ...
Page 340
... equally regimented , equally depersonalized , equally under external control . What is this but the Negative Power Complex , attached by invisible electrodes to the same pecuniary pleasure center ? ND 27 : Rituals of ' Counter - Culture '
... equally regimented , equally depersonalized , equally under external control . What is this but the Negative Power Complex , attached by invisible electrodes to the same pecuniary pleasure center ? ND 27 : Rituals of ' Counter - Culture '
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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