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“But how many chose to ignore the direct attack they laid on what is fed to all of us as 'life,' with its well-defined roads to factory and pool-hall, to work and pleasure, both organized, both shells, both a continuation of existence by forced means, in the shadow of life?”

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Book:The Situationists and the City: A Reader
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Book:Mantras: Sacred Words of Power
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