George Ritzer (1940) American sociologist
Source: Globalization - A Basic Text (2010), Chapter 15, Global Inequalities II: Global Majority-Minority Relations, p. 436
“This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
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