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" Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing. "
Theodor Adorno
Knowing
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" Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. "
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