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We are sacrificing ourselves for our ready-made goods we are consumers and live in such a way that the means may consume the end.

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Karl Kraus
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 28
Died: 1936
Died: June 12
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Translator
Writer
Jicin
Ends
May
Sacrificing
Live
Consume
Mean
Goods
Made
Consumers
Way
Sacrifice
Ready
Means

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