Disraeli/Sidonia phrase Jiang connects to utilitarian reconstruction of society.
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material motives and calculations
Disraeli/Sidonia phrase Jiang connects to utilitarian reconstruction of society.
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"...been an attempt to reconstruct society on a basis of material motives and calculations."
"...longer viable. But the problem is that Americans have made a calculation that this is an acceptable. Cost that they are willing to take..."
"...well. But you understand this. Right? You understand how parents, so calculation isn't just like, my kid, I want my kid to be successful...."
"...used them as currency in marriage gifts, debt payments, and the calculation of social status. Okay? Now we have the beginning of money and..."
"...end, okay? And he spent most of his life doing these calculations and he told us that the world will probably end, I don't..."
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