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Karl Marx

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force.

Karl Marx

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The dominant social group in any period controls not only the economy and politics but also shapes the culture, beliefs, and ideas that people accept as normal. This means that the way people think is largely influenced by those who hold power and wealth in society.

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