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Civilization and Its Discontents

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Freud's Anti-Possession Theory

The English translation like turns Freud into an ego psychologist just by the nature of the language itself. Just the way possessive works. Do you know who said men have become the tools of their tools? I don't think so. Henry David Thoreau. Isn't that what Freud's saying here? Like we're being possessed. That's very, very nice. Well, for, while his, the, the unaccounted female labor was happening he will allow him to say that. So, I mean, he has some sins, but he's pretty cool guy. Yeah.

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