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Everybody feels safe belonging not to the excluded minority but to the excluding majority. you think, oh, i’m glad that’s not me. it’s basically the same in all periods in all societies. if you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.
-Haruki Murakami
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Everybody Feels Safe Belonging Not To The

Haruki Murakami
Everybody feels safe belonging not to the excluded minority but to the excluding majority. you think, oh, i’m glad that’s not me. it’s basically the same in all periods in all societies. if you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.
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