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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Consumerism
West
Powerful
Religious
Force

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