Consistent Failure To Attain Goals Throughout Life

Art Forms That Appeal To [leftists] Tend To Focus On ... Defeat And Despair ... As If There Were No Hope Of Accomplishing Anything Through Rational Calculation.

The Big Problem Is That People Don't Believe A Revolution Is Possible, And It Is Not Possible Precisely Because They Do Not Believe It Is Possible.

To Those Who Think That All This Sounds Like Science Fiction, We Point Out That Yesterday's Science Fiction Is Today's Fact. The Industrial Revolution Has Radically Altered Man's Environment And Way Of Life, And It Is Only To Be Expected That As Technology Is Increasingly Applied To The Human Body And Mind, Man Himself Will Be Altered As Radically As His Environment And Way Of Life Have Been.

In Modern Industrial Society Only Minimal Effort Is Necessary To Satisfy One's Physical Needs.

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.