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Thus the cry for freedom is directed either against particular forms or demands of culture or else against culture itself. It does not seem as if man could be brought by any sort of influence to change his nature into that of the ants; he will always, one imagines, defend his claim to individual freedom against the will of the multitude.

Why is Freud droning on about obvious stuff lol. I mean I do know that it might not have been that obvious in his time but still!!