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A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.

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The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result…
An individual who stands out, or disagrees or takes risks is a danger to such systems and is effortlessly and, unconsciously sidelined.
The best defence [for a democracy, for the public good] is aggressiveness, the aggressiveness of the involved citizen. We need to reassert…
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals…
A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service…
The Unconscious Civilisation There is a certain terrifying dignity to the big ideologies. With the stroke of an intellectual argument the planet…
The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the…
I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good…
Simplicity is no longer presented as a virtue. The value of complex and difficult language has been preached with such insistence that…
Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical order.
All the lessons of psychiatry, psychology, social work, indeed culture, have taught us over the last hundred years that it is the…
In general, democracy and individualism have advanced in spite of and often against specific economic interest. Both democracy and individualism have been…

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For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and… — Steve Albini
And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with… — Ricky Williams
Well, even to this day, if I smell a Big Mac, I'm like Pavlov's dog. My mouth starts watering immediately, like, 'Man,… — Morgan Spurlock
More than the Big Mac, Coca Cola, or Levi's 501 jeans, the dollar is surely the United States' signature export. — Barry Eichengreen
I once dated someone who worked at McDonald's. She came up and asked if I wanted a Big Mac. — John Stamos
Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a… — Joan Collins
I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries. — Stephen King
A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption. — John Ralston Saul
I'll take you to Mickey D's," said Sean. "I'll buy you a hamburger." Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare… — Caroline B. Cooney
A typical National World Weekly would tell the world how Jesus' face was seen on a Big Mac bun bought by someone… — Neil Gaiman
Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac,… — Bill Dedman
I don't even know her and I fucked er, what you know bout that? See all she know is Roscoe got dem… — Roscoe Dash

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