Common sacrifice and lack of individualism, capitalism, and private-property orientation are presented as the mentality that makes tremendous collective projects possible.
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Common sacrifice and lack of individualism, capitalism, and private-property orientation are presented as the mentality that makes tremendous collective projects possible.
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"And that's hard for us to understand. That's... So back then, there must have been a genius, a charismatic leader, and God gave him..."
"What mattered was achieving this vision together, okay? So it's hard for us to understand. But once you have this mentality, of common sacrifice,..."
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