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Henrik Ibsen

Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.

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Henrik Ibsen is saying that people seen as important in society are actually just instruments used to support and maintain the social structure. They have no special status beyond serving the needs and functions that society requires from them.

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