I Do Not Believe That To Be

The Unity And Congruity Of Culture And Nature, Work And Love, Morality And Sexuality, Longed For From Time Immemorial, Will Remain A Dream As Long As Man Continues To Condemn The Biological Demand For Natural Sexual Gratification.

The Suppression Of Natural Sexual Gratification Leads To Various Kinds Of Substitute Gratifications. Natural Aggression, For Example, Becomes Brutal Sadism Which Then Is An Essential Mass-psychological Factor In Imperialistic Wars.

The Character Structure Of Modern Man, Who Reproduces A Six-thousand-year-old Patriarchal Authoritarian Culture Is Typified By Characterological Armoring Against His Inner Nature And Against The Social Misery Which Surrounds Him. This Characterolgical Armoring Of The Character Is The Basis Of Isolation, Indigence, Craving For Authority, Fear Of Responsibility, Mystic Longing, Sexual Misery, And Neurotically Impotent Rebelliousness.

The Question Of How And Why The Encrustations And Rigidifications Of Human Emotional Life Are Brought About Led Directly Into The Realm Of Vegetative Life.

You Don't Believe That Your Friend Could Ever Do Anything Great. You Despise Yourself In Secret, Even – No, Especially – When You Stand On Your Dignity; And Since You Despise Yourself, You Are Unable To Respect Your Friend. You Can't Bring Yourself To Believe That Anyone You Have Sat At Table With, Or Shared A House With, Is Capable Of Great Achievement. That Is Why All Great Men Have Been Solitary. It Is Hard To Think In Your Company, Little Man. One Can Only Think 'about' You, Or 'for Your Benefit', Not 'with' You, For You Stifle All Big, Generous Ideas.