The profits of religionUpton Sinclair, Eugene V. Debs
The profits of religion
by Upton Sinclair, Eugene V. Debs · first published 1900
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…themselves and he couldn’t pity them, and if they hadn’t done them there was no need of making such a rumpus about other people knowing. "Upton Sinclair also referenced a similar argument in his book The Profits of Religion, published in 1917 : Not merely was my own mail opened, but the mail of all my relatives and friends — people residing in places as far apart as California and Florida. I recall the bland smile of a…
on “Stop Filming Strangers in 2023” ↗…easy it is to sift through that data. Also I find it interesting that argument holds so much ground since it has been the catch phrase of tyrannical governments for a hundred years. In Sinclair's "The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation" and from the mouth of Goebbels. Usually people try to distance themselves as far as possible from the NAZIs.
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