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The pain, frustration, impotence of the individual derive from a highly productive and efficiently functioning system in which he makes a better living than ever before. Responsibility for the organisation of his life lies with the whole, the 'system', the sum total of the institutions that determine, satisfy, and control his needs. The aggressive impulse plunges into a void - or rather the hate encounters smiling colleagues, busy competitors, obedient officials, helpful social workers who are all doing their duty and who are all innocent victims.