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In general the individual has fewer “rights” in natural society than under civilization. Everywhere man is born in chains: the chains of heredity, of environment, of custom, and of law. The primitive individual moves always within a web of regulations incredibly stringent and detailed; a thousand tabus restrict his action, a thousand terrors limit his will.
The Story of Civilization, Vol. 1: Our Oriental Heritage
Will Durant
The truth is, nobody’s interested in the commodity. People buy feelings.
The E-Myth Revisited
Michael Gerber
At the same time people from other countries naturally copy the methods and technologies of the leading power, which further reduces the leading country’s competitiveness. For example, British shipbuilders hired Dutch designers to design better ships that were built by less expensive British workers, making them more competitive, which led the British to rise and the Dutch to decline.
Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
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