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Iain Duncan Smith

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.

Iain Duncan Smith

Society

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Iain Duncan Smith is criticizing how society often admires football players and celebrities as role models. He believes this focus highlights people who may not have the qualities we should truly value or celebrate.

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