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To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.

Michel Houellebecq
Desire, Unbearable, Principles
Michel Houellebecq (2006). “The Possibility of an Island”, p.57, Vintage
To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.