We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.
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Watching people just look out for themselves, I think, is extremely interesting. It goes right back to something like 'The Beggar's Opera' - the underbelly of society, how it operates, and how that reflects their so-called betters. -
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- We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.