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Most People Are Afraid Of Freedom. They Are Conditioned To Be Afraid Of It.

Contemporary Industrial Society Is Now Characterised More Than Ever By "the Need For Stupefying Work Where It Is No Longer A Real Necessity."

The Happy Consciousness Is Shaky Enough A Thin Surface Over Fear, Frustration, And Disgust.

This Is The Pure Form Of Servitude: To Exist As An Instrument.

Technical Progress And More Comfortable Living Permit The Systematic Inclusion Of Libidinal Components Into The Realm Of Commodity Production And Exchange. But No Matter How Controlled The Mobilization Of Instinctual Energy May Be (it Sometimes Amounts To A Scientific Management Of Libido), No Matter How Much It May Serve As A Prop For The Status Quo - It Is Also Gratifying To The Managed Individuals, Just As Racing The Outboard Motor, Pushing The Power Lawn Mower, And Speeding The Automobile Are Fun.