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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
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Jicin
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Goods
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Consumers
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