Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.
We are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or not.
Some people have low susceptibility to advertising and marketing techniques. These are the people who aren't interested in money. Material acquisition does not serve their need for the power process.
The techno-industrial system is exceptionally tough due to its so-called "democratic" structure and its resulting flexibility. Because dictatorial systems tend to be rigid, social tensions and resistance can be built up in them to the point where they damage and weaken the system and may lead to revolution. But in a "democratic" system, when social tension and resistance build up dangerously the system backs off enough, it compromises enough, to bring the tensions down to a safe level.
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.
My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.
I would just turn my back and wouldn't talk to him.
If I can save one person along the way, I'm okay. The trials and tribulations my special needs kids go through daily is far greater than the journey I'm about to go on.
I'm much more conspicuous having long hair than I will be with it short.
May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.
I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.