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>>3762306

>if not hundreds if people involved in your survival as soon as you buy a single knife.

'No man is an island' I agree with you there but I think when people say they want out stems more so from a desire to escape 'society as it is' than it is from your fellow man.

Why else are apocalyptic scenarios so attractive? It breaks that monotony and introduces a thrilling element of suspense to ones life but even in such narratives or day dreams people seek companionship.

I think people as individuals just want to redefine their relationship and independence to society where society at present doesn't really allow this. It's too impartial, to overbearing, and ignores the human aspect - that it's the sum of human individuals and should exist to for the betterment of the individual and not for the society foremost.