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“I think we got off the track, as many societies do, who follow successfully one aim, and yet are not capable of seeing at what point the pursuit of this aim prevents them from following a more total aim. That is to say, they get into a blind alley.”

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Erich Fromm, born on March 23, 1900 in Germany and died on March 18, 1980, was a renowned psychologist. His research covered a wide range of fields including anthropology, philosophy, and religion, particularly known for his studies on human psychology and interpersonal relationships. more

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“I think, to be specific, we got off the track when we concentrated more and more on production of things. Thereby, we created a split between intellect and emotion, because, in order to produce a modern technique, you have to use intellect, and we have created men who are very brilliant, who are very clever, but our emotional life has become impoverished.”

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“I am a socialist. However, I have to add that what I understand by socialism is exactly the opposite of what many people, or most people, today mean by socialism.”

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“I understand by socialism a society in which the aim of production is not profit, but the use. In which the individual citizen participates responsibly in his work, and in the whole social organization, and in which he is not a means who is employed by capital.”

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“If the Russians claim they are Socialist, this is just, I would say, a lie. They have no socialism at all. They have what I would call a state capitalism.”

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“The ownership of industry by the state - that is not socialism.”

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“I see socialism in the direction, of management, of enterprise, by all who work in the enterprise.”

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“I would consider a socialism a mixture of the minimum of centralization necessary for a modern industrial state, and a maximum of decentralization.”

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“We are terribly imaginative, as far as technique in science is concerned. As far as changes in social arrangements are concerned, we lack utterly in imagination.”

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“What is for me socialism is exactly the opposite of a bureaucratically-managed culture.”

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“We talk a great deal about Russia today, and I'm afraid that in twenty years, we and Russia will be more similar than different.”

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