The Apparatus Defeats Its Own Purpose If

The Strains And Stresses Suffered By The Individual In Society Are Grounded In The Normal Functioning Of That Society (and Of The Individual!) Rather Than In Its Disturbances And Diseases.

At The Classical Origins Of Philosophic Thought, The Transcending Concepts Remained Committed To The Prevailing Separation Between Intellectual And Manual Labor To The Established Society Of Enslavement. ... Those Who Bore The Brunt Of The Untrue Reality And Who, Therefore, Seemed To Be Most In Need Of Attaining Its Subversion Were Not The Concern Of Philosophy. It Abstracted From Them And Continued To Abstract From Them.

Thought And Speech Are Of A Thinking And Speaking Subject, And If The Life Of The Latter Depends On The Performance Of A Superimposed Function, It Depends On Fulfilling The Requirements Of This Function Thus It Depends On Those Who Control These Requirements.

The People Recognize Themselves In Their Commodities; They Find Their Soul In Their Automobile, Hi-fi Set, Split-level Home, Kitchen Equipment.

Where These Reduced (operational - E.w.) Concepts Govern The Analysis Of The Human Reality, Individual Or Social, Mental Or Material, They Arrive At A False Concreteness - A Concreteness Isolated From The Conditions Which Constitute Its Reality. In This Context, The Operational Treatment Of The Concept Assumes A Political Function. The Individual And His Behavior Are Analyzed In A Therapeutic Sense - Adjustment To His Society. Thought And Expression, Theory And Practice Are To Be Brought In Line With The Facts Of His Existence Without Leaving Room For The Conceptual Critique Of These Facts.