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„In other words, against the subjectivity of men stands the objectivity of the man-made world rather than the sublime indifference of an untouched nature, whose overwhelming elementary force, on the contrary, will compel them to swing relentlessly in the circle of their own biological movement, which fits so closely into the over-all cyclical movement of nature's household“

Marx predicted correctly, though with an unjustified gkee, „the withering away“ of the public realm under conditions of unhampered development of the „productive forces if society“, and he was equally right, (…), when he foreswae that the "socialized men“ would spend their freedom from labouring in those strictly private and essentially worldless activities that we now call „hobbies“

Fortune depends on luck (…) although most people in their "pursuit of happiness“ run after good fortune (…) as though it were an inexhaustible abundance (…) There is no lasting happiness outside the prescribed cycle of painful exhaustion and pleasurable regeneration (…), and whatever throws this cycle out of balance (…) ruins the elemental happiness that comes from being alive