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As private identity dims, ethical absolutes wane in the private sector while becoming much more absolutist in the corporate or public sector.
“Letter to Claude Bissell” (May 10, 1973), in Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987), p 475
Quote #6942
Year: 1973
Chapter: Today’s Transition
Compiled by William Kuhns
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