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The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue.
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"The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition"

- Major Owens

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This quote by Major Owens suggests that the existing culture is coming to be progressively affordable as well as individualistic. Individuals are significantly driven by self-interest as well as see others as competitors. This is resulting in a culture where competitors is viewed as a merit, as well as people are a lot more concentrated on their own success than on the cumulative excellent. This can lead to a society where people are a lot more concentrated on their very own gain than on aiding others, as well as where collaboration and also partnership are viewed as lesser. This could bring about a society where people are a lot more separated and also less linked to every various other, and also where inequality as well as oppression are most likely to occur.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Major Owens somewhere between June 28, 1936 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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