A Man NeedsWhat does man need—really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in----and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That’s all---in a material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert out attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade.The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it the tomb is sealed.Where, then lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life? What fallows is not a blueprint for the man entombed; not many people find themselves in a situation paying a hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year (as if any man is worth that much). But the struggle is relative: it’s a lot harder to walk away from an income like that then from a fraction thereof…….Many “retire” and enjoy himself as soon as he is too old to do so. This is more then just a system---- it is the credo. As Thoreau said in 1839: The majority of men lead lives of quit desperation.From the book the” Wanderer “By Sterling Hayden, 1963Live your life to the fullest.
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