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The Strange Death of the Common Man

The Strange Death of the Common Man

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Ken Lewchuk CPA, MA, MBA
Sep 09, 2023
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“A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense has really become very uncommon.”

G.K. Chesterton

There once was something called, the “common man”. One of the distinguishing characteristics of the common man is that he has “common sense”. Common sense is hard to define but one tenant may be that, as Chesterton put it, “Right is right, ev…

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