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— Albert Camus"In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture."
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Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.
— Thomas Sowell
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