The Art of Being

by Erich Fromm

In summary, modern man has many things and uses many things, but he is very little.

any disturbance in the social balance to him spells chaos or death—if not physical death, the death of his identity.

anything as silly as that the personal property or things one uses should be socialized; they were referring to the ownership of capital—i.e., the means of production that enable an owner to produce commodities