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What does it mean?
Each era trades in a specific currency that corrupts or motivates people.
In plain terms
Civility often coincides with times when money buys souls.
What can you take from it?
Notice what society values most at any given time.

Where it applies

  • analyzing history
  • social critique
  • current events

Putting it to work

  • identify societal values
  • resist buying into norms
  • observe civility

Questions to consider

  • What buys souls now?
  • Is civility just a mask?

Another view

Money is not always the main currency.

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