fashion for what is fashion : and historical hypotheses to interpret

[...] Considering it was wisdom, he could only be an example to everybody¹. Like the world since the 1930's hadn't been so many times cruel, unfair, unequal, hierarchical, segregated, prejudiced, intolerant and violent² – same as scarcity didn't exist.

[...] Perhaps companies need people who don't really understand the foolish books they read, or there's artificial intelligence and automation to replace them³? Social life without sociologists⁴ was once so simple that, by completely forgetting what a social fact is, they could make it better altogether, just by changing their personalities, in order to :

1 ) Not criticize other people; and 2 ) Avoid discussions. i.e. Politeness – lack of criticism; hypocrisy; laconism in the heart of capitalist corporations⁵ – was supposed to be a psychological skill that everybody should cultivate – not the quintessence of stupidity in the face of so many injustices⁶.

Or perhaps when someone says something negative, disturbing and tragic, there is a possibility it is true : It's not required being the smartest person to become a leader, to manage a company, to earn ever higher wages⁷ ( p. 21 ). It is very important convincing everybody about this⁸.

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Die Zukunft einer Illusion. Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muβ man schweigen.