في كلٍّ منّا نظامٌ شموليّ استبداديّ. نحن نُحكَم بمكتبٍ سياسيٍّ قاسٍ يضع قواعد سلوكنا، ويدفعنا من خطّةٍ خماسيةٍ إلى أخرى. أمّا الفرد المستقلّ، الذي عليه أن يبرّر وجوده بجهده الذاتي، فهو في عبوديةٍ أبديةٍ لنفسه.

“There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets our norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.”Eric Hoffer — The Passionate State of Mind (1996)