My Occupation Now, I Suppose, Is Jail

People Do Not Consciously And Rationally Choose The Form Of Their Society. Societies Develop Through Processes Of Social Evolution That Are Not Under Rational Human Control.

Power Depends Ultimately On Physical Force. By Teaching People That Violence Is Wrong (except, Of Course, When The System Itself Uses Violence Via The Police Or The Military), The System Maintains Its Monopoly On Physical Force And Thus Keeps All Power In Its Own Hands.

I Would Just Turn My Back And Wouldn't Talk To Him.

No, What Worries Me Is That I Might In A Sense Adapt To This Environment And Come To Be Comfortable Here And Not Resent It Anymore. And I Am Afraid That As The Years Go By That I May Forget, I May Begin To Lose My Memories Of The Mountains And The Woods And That's What Really Worries Me, That I Might Lose Those Memories, And Lose That Sense Of Contact With Wild Nature In General. But I Am Not Afraid They Are Going To Break My Spirit.

The Concept Of "mental Health" In Our Society Is Defined Largely By The Extent To Which An Individual Behaves In Accord With The Needs Of The System And Does So Without Showing Signs Of Stress.