The Leftist Is Antagonistic To The Concept

A Theme That Appears Repeatedly In The Writings Of The Social Critics Of The Second Half Of The 20th Century Is The Sense Of Purposelessness That Afflicts Many People In Modern Society.

The Leftist Is Antagonistic To The Concept Of Competition Because, Deep Inside, He Feels Like A Loser.

It Is Important Not To Confuse Freedom With Mere Permissiveness

No, What Worries Me Is That I Might In A Sense Adapt To This Environment And Come To Be Comfortable Here And Not Resent It Anymore. And I Am Afraid That As The Years Go By That I May Forget, I May Begin To Lose My Memories Of The Mountains And The Woods And That's What Really Worries Me, That I Might Lose Those Memories, And Lose That Sense Of Contact With Wild Nature In General. But I Am Not Afraid They Are Going To Break My Spirit.

The Industrial-technological System May Survive Or It May Break Down. If It Survives, It May Eventually Achieve A Low Level Of Physical And Psychological Suffering, But Only After Passing Through A Long And Very Painful Period Of Adjustment And Only At The Cost Of Permanently Reducing Human Beings And Many Other Living Organisms To Engineered Products And Mere Cogs In The Social Machine.