« In addition to the obligations which we are prepared, on the restriction of instinct, there is above us the danger of a condition that could be called” the psychological misery of the masses.” This danger lies more in which the social bond is established mainly through the mutual identification of the various mambers. […] The present state of American civilization could offer a good opportunity to study this dreaded evil of civilization, but I avoid the temptation to go into the criticism of that civilization because I do not want to give the impression that I use the same love for American methods .»
Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its discontents
