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The only chance of satisfaction we can imagine is getting more of what we have now. But what we have now makes everybody dissatisfied. So what will more of it do — make us more satisfied, or more dissatisfied?

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I have experienced as violence the emergence of the culture of compulsory industrialised joy, which is the companion of consumerism.

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There is one rule for the G-7 (richest countries) and another for the South. The G-7 now preaches open economies and liberalization, as well as 'good governance' and 'transparency'. Yet none of these things was conspicuous when the West grew rich.

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A sense of self has to be sought in the parade of images and products; and this culture becomes the main determinant upon morality, beliefs, and purpose, usurping more and more territory that formerly belonged to parents, teachers, community, priests, and politics alike.

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Since felons are subsequently disfranchised, the US now has 1.75 million people disqualified from voting because of their criminality- 1.4 million black men have forfeited their right to vote, almost 15 per cent of the black male population.

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Jeremy Seabrook

Jeremy Seabrook

Born: November 14, 1939

Died: November 30, 2024 (aged 85)

Bio: Jeremy Seabrook was an English author and journalist specialising in social, environmental and development issues. His book The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flight from Tyranny was longlisted for the Orwell Prize.

Known for:

Travels in the skin trade (1996)
The No Nonsense Guide to World Poverty (2003)
Consuming Cultures (2004)

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