My argument with this kind of thinking is that it has no basis in reality nor respect for the object’s true self. Clearly this book is written for the writer as they are the one’s most often relating to the world in a sociopathic manner.
http://www.wikihow.com/Spot-a-Sociopath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder
…by Fromm to be outdated and these “stimulations” or motivations to be unnecessary. Our basic drives for eating, sheltering and clothing ourselves is quite enough motivation for survival. We have been seduced by the idea of a higher minded kind of living, a more literary, theatrical lifestyle which is merely the reflection of our own drives for survival raised to higher economic standards. What one neglects to see is that the survival of these individuals requires us, the objects and our willingness to be self-destructive.
