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		buckhx on March 8, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California to Introduce 'Right to Repair' Bill "Ending is better than mending. The more stitches, the less riches." Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932

kamaal on March 9, 2018 [–]

This is eerily similar to the essay from the Novel 1984.

You just realize at one point in time, the growth of a capitalist society is limited by consuming power of the masses. So after that the only way to grow is to destroy and rebuild.

Or in other words - 'War'.

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