Georges Bataille wrote "On the whole a society always produces more than is necessary for its survival; it has a surplus at its disposal. It is precisely the use it makes of this surplus that determines it. The surplus is the cause of agitation, of the structural changes and of the entire history of society."
Footnote: page 17 of "What we Want is Free" book. Essay by Kate Fowle and Lars Bang Larsen
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