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Nineteen Eighty-Four (aka 1984)
Inequality was the price of civilization.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Inequality is described as what civilization costs, as if it were a bill. Framed as a price, unfairness becomes a fee society supposedly has to pay for progress. It's a bleak view from the book, not a settled fact.
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