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Only when people cannot see their communal existence as something given, only when the individual, through its economic ascension, suddenly becomes part of a totally different community, only then does ideology rise as a justification of the present personal position against those of other subjects.

The interpretation of the life of the spirit in terms of it's ideological or utopical reduction is only justified when the economical component has become so predominant that, in fact, thought can and must become "ideological superstructure"

- why did you study philosophy?

A- well as a child I always thought that I could either study philosophy or throw myself off a window

It's a curse to live interesting times