It Is Important Not To Confuse Freedom

I Believe In Nothing.

We Are Not Supposed To Hate Anyone, Yet Almost Everyone Hates Somebody At Some Time Or Other, Whether He Admits It To Himself Or Not.

Consistent Failure To Attain Goals Throughout Life Results In Defeatism, Low Self-esteem Or Depression.

Imagine A Society That Subjects People To Conditions That Make Them Terribly Unhappy, Then Gives Them The Drugs To Take Away Their Unhappiness. Science Fiction? It Is Already Happening To Some Extent In Our Own Society... Instead Of Removing The Conditions That Make People Depressed, Modern Society Gives Them Antidepressant Drugs. In Effect, Antidepressants Are A Means Of Modifying An Individual's Internal State In Such A Way As To Enable Him To Tolerate Social Conditions That He Would Otherwise Find Intolerable.

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.