Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless. Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead.

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The quote “Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire - meaningless.

Intellect is not a cure. Justice is dead” is a well-known quote by the German writer, Bertolt Brecht. He was a prolific writer of plays and poetry, and a political activist who became a leading figure of the German Communist Party.

In this quote, he points to the way that people have become more conformist and less individualistic as a result of their involvement with technology and the industrial revolution.

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