"...morality is only a selfish regulation laid down by the few who are rich and powerful and who can satisfy their wishes at any time without any postponement... The decision in this conflict can only be reached by the roundabout path of fresh insight. One must bind one's own life to that of others so closely and be able to identify oneself with others so intimately that the brevity of one's own life can be overcome; and one must not fulfil the demands of one's own needs illegitimately, but must leave them unfulfilled, because only the continuance of so many unfulfilled demands can develop the power to change the order of society. But not every personal need can be postponed in this way and transferred to other people, and there is no general and final solution of the conflict." - Sigmund Freud, p.130 Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious
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