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"In the same way, while the industrial system is sick we must destroy it. If we compromise with it and let it recover from its sickness, it will eventually wipe out all of our freedom." if i cld whistle, i wld have but ill js say WHEW instead cus damn. alright.

no scratch that, ted wld have hated social media

para 96 is so fucked up but also true about society.

to sum it up i don't necessarily think existential questions are a "product of modern society" insteaddd modern society has simply given us new ways of understanding questions & ideas humans have had for a very long time [2]

"existentialism is in large part a response to the purposelessness of modern life"—par 64

icl i disagree with this to a limit, mostly because I think primitive humans probably experienced existential & identity crises too, except perhaps they weren't as aware of them or didn't have the words for them¿¿ alsoooo i believe many of the thoughts humans have; probably existed in another human's mind before. [1]

the "general tendency" of leftists that Theodore talks about is so interesting to me, i do see at a certain point what he is talking about, but only to an extent. some of it has me curious & wondering (more than that, WANTING) to know how much of it could be proved right psychologically? if not, why did Theodore believe as such about leftists? hmmmmmmm

"but a minority of activists, many of whom do not even belong to any “oppressed” group but come from privileged strata of society."